DUNE Re-read, Part 10
We are almost to the end! From here on out the ratio of favorite scenes to pages is pretty close. I don’t know if there is anyone out there reading Dune for the first time but take your time with these last few chapters. You will want to rush through them because everything is FINALLY [...]
Shai-Hulud from DUNE or Falkor the Luck Dragon from THE NEVERENDING STORY? – Point/Counterpoint
The question on everyone’s lips, which we humbly seek to answer today, “Which is the better ridiculous mode of transportation, Shai-Hulud from Frank Herbert’s Dune series, or Falkor the Luck Dragon from The Neverending Story?
Dune Re-read, Part 9
Dune Re-Read, Part 9 It’s been a spell but let’s just jump right into it shall we? You remember where we were, Paul and Jessica had joined up with Stilgar’s Fremen while on the run from the Harkonnens. Paul was challenged by a guy named Jamis but Paul won that fight… to the death. Jessica [...]
Dune Re-Read, Part 8
Why hello! We are back at it! Time for some Dune! Hope you are ready to hang out with some smelly Fremen for a while… and then some gingers but you don’t have to like the gingers… (Personally I love gingers. I swear.) Right so where were we? Chapter 31: Paul and Jessica are totally [...]
Dune Re-read, Part 7
Welcome to the Dune re-read! If you are lost be not afraid! I will guide you! The beginning is here. If you are not lost then hello again! Today we’re spending most of our time in the desert. Please make sure your boots are fitted slip fashion and that your breath mask is secure. We’re [...]
Paramount Let’s Go of Frank Herbert’s Dune
Frank Herbert’s Dune has finally escaped Paramount purgatory, according to the latest from Deadline. The contract between the studio and rights holder Richard P. Rubinstein lapsed after the two parties failed to reach a new agreement. “Paramount’s option has expired and we couldn’t reach an agreement,” said Rubinstein, “I’m going to look at my options, [...]
The Subway Game
Sometimes, I play this game on my morning subway commute in which I cast my fellow tube-riders in whatever book I’m reading at the time. For example, when I read The Hunger Games last summer, I played “could I take ‘em?” I gave myself incredible odds, blithely assuming that an hour’s worth of archery lessons [...]
Dune by Frank Herbert – Reread (Part 6)
Hello all! If you are a regular reader of my Dune re-read you will notice that it has moved. Welcome to Gestalt Mash! The re-read has moved here permanently. It’s a cool place. We’ll be happy here. If you haven’t been reading Dune along with me then hello! I am Rachel. You should probably go [...]
‘Taken’ Director Pierre Morel Takes on ‘Dune’
Today EW.com is reporting that Pierre Morel, the director of last winter’s Taken has filled Peter Berg’s spot as the director of Paramount’s new remake of Dune. Berg left the project in October.
More after the jump…
Robert Pattinson not Paul Atreides on Dune
I figure that this might be relevant to our SF base. The first time I read about the possibility of a rumor (yes, a possibility of a rumor) that Twilight’s Robert Pattinson would have a role in a new Peter Berg Dune film was one I first saw around the web in May when the [...]
Book Review – The Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
The Winds of Dune by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson comes out August 4th in the States. Good news indeed for all the Dune fans.
Check out our review after the jump . . .
Book Review – Paul of Dune
Author: Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson Publisher: Tor Publishing Date: September 2008 Binding: Hardcover Cover Artist: Stephen Youll Paul of Dune, co-authored by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson is the sixteenth incarnation of the Dune Series. A series that began in 1965 when Brian Herbert’s father, Frank Herbert, wrote his historic masterpiece Dune. Some [...]
