OT: Dune Series On Audio CD

[Atrocities]

As a belated X-mas gift my mom bought me the Dune Series on CD Rom at a garage sale. I am listening to it now....... OMG I can barely keep my eyes open. The story is so heavily depthed in description that you easily loose track of the characters and story line. This depth is great, but my God is it ever boring. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I take it that he was paid per word and not per book. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Shadow1980]

Rofl I know what you mean http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Atrocities]

I have to ask, how did people read his books? If the audio CD makes me want to go to sleep, then how in the hell were people able to read his books. (The story is not bad, when it is actually being told.)

I mean when I have to rewind every few minutes just to figure out what in the hell is going on, and I am a semi smart guy, then how did normal people read this book?

[narf poit chez BOOM]

I didn't. I got bored part-way through and put it down. But then, some people say I'm not normal. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

Rent the movie, is my advice. Just as incomprehensible, but the action comes quicker. (Saw it on tv)

[deccan]

Dune by itself shouldn't be boring. However, if you get to God Emperor of Dune, Chapter House Dune etc., I can see how it can be boring.

[Suicide Junkie]

Atrocities said:
I have to ask, how did people read his books? If the audio CD makes me want to go to sleep, then how in the hell were people able to read his books. (The story is not bad, when it is actually being told.)


Heh, when you're reading you can sub-consiously fast forward through those parts, I imagine.

...streets...dusty...crowded... blah blah... shadowy figure... Oooh, plot and action!

[Fyron]

Silly patienceless people.

[Atrocities]

The story is so deep in description that its diluted to the point of absurdity. The story is good, but so bogged down in reteric that following it is difficult at best.

[David E. Gervais]

LoL, that makes me think of when the first Dune movie came out. I went to see it with a friend and i thought it was a great movie. (I never read the book) My friend was of a totally different opinion, he said they basically raped the story and left out all the important stuff.

He told me to read the book, so I did,.. I was amazed at how much of the book they managed to get into the movie. To this day I still like the original Dune, and my friend can't stand the thing.

What is this lesson? "Preconception can spoil an otherwise good movie."

Nuf said, Cheers! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[AMF]

I thought the original books were excellent - one of my Favorites of all time. However, the new series written by his son and some other guy, man it really sucks. Being a dune fanatic I have to keep getting them, but I am more and more dissappointed. The Last one was so bad ("the butlerian jihad" or something like that) I left it on the plane I was one. Couldn't even bring myself to keep it in the house. Awful writing, awful plot and plot devices, just downright bad. The only way it got published was because the publishers knew that they could make money off it since it had the "Dune" name...if it had been a new series it wouldn't have even made the first cut. Blech.

having said that, I can't see how the original books would have been good on audio. Waaay too involved for that. It would indeed put one to sleep.

Just my two cents...

Alarik