re: #232 wheat-dogghazi

Dune is similar to a epic work of historical fiction, set in the far future. If you can get past the SF background, it’s essentially a novel about empires and revolutions, with a messianic figure for added measure. Basically an allegory for Western civilization since about 600 BC.

Skip the movies. They make no sense if you’ve never read the novel. For that matter, skip the sequels to the first novel; they get progressively sillier.

I started reading the Game of Thrones series, mainly because I want to watch the HBO series, but I just can’t get into it.