Posted on 11/21/2016 7:35:08 PM PST by DCBryan1
Have you tried reading it since 9/11?
Seemed cool back in college, now ... crypto muslim rubbish. No thank you.
Ringworld on the other hand did have a basis in science. A bit adolescent, but a fun read and will not make you dumber for having read it. (Dune does)
Niven's "Known Space" is a much larger backdrop than Frank Herbert's Dune series offers... lot's more to explore. Not just the Ringworld, but large tangential stories such as the wars between mankind and the Kzinti. It'd be a shame if Niven's work never made it further into the video entertainment world than an animated episode of Star Trek. It's far better than that.
That movie was a waste of 2 hours.
Same here.
I am also very intrigued by another Frank Herbert novel, “The Dosadi Experiment”
The theme is very relevant to any number of trends in today's world.
Yes better than the movie.
Father! The sleeper has awakened!
I’ve been hoping that someone would tackle Larry Nivens Ringworld series. The team behind the SyFy channel Expanse series would be a good candidate.
I think it was “Janitors of Dune” where I got off the bus.
“Dune - loved the book, hated the movie.”
I could say the same for Starship Troopers.
Two books that I would like to see as movies:
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Red Storm Rising
Yep.....
But you must remember that Hollywood types are basically intellectual clods. They assume they must screw with everything to make it better
Heh! Yes! ...just hope that they can FINALLY make a movie/tv mini worthy of the book. Hasn’t happened in 50 years, though.
The dume prequel novels written by his son and Kevin j. Anderson are very much sci fi and my favorite of the series, especially then ones about the machine war starting with the Butlerian Jihad.
“Bring in that floating fat man, the Baron!”
I always thought that the modern Cadillacs look like the Emperor’s art deco style space ships in the movie.
Even Frank Herbert’s son couldn’t do the later books right.
Frank Herbert Vs. Brian Herbert: Dune Canon Vs. Everything Else
https://libertyislandmag.com/2019/03/01/frank-herbert-vs-brian-herbert-dune-cannon-vs-everything-else/
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