As for “Dune: Messiah,” the trilogy capper, we have an update on that project, and it seems to be picking up some major steam. At this point, its future making is turning into an inevitability. 

I’m hyped for this TBH.

IMO Dune is a 3 part story, where the first book is parts 1 and 2 and Messiah is part 3. Look at the book lengths and you’ll see what I mean, book 2 is obviously much shorter than the rest and a I kind of epilogue to the first book.

There are the other sequels, yes, with their own conversation about whether they’re worth reading. But in so many ways book 2 really finishes the story and idea of book 1 that I like to think of it as just part 3.

So that they’re doing a trilogy in the same way is awesome IMO!

  • duderium [he/him]
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    7 months ago

    The books were published decades ago so 🤷‍♂️

    • maegul@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      Rather poor excuse IMO. For a very simple reason. Not everyone was alive decades ago! Many are reading the books today.

      And for this simple reason, managing spoilers will always matter unless your social media is in a very monocultural bubble.

      I personally had the endings of Heretics and Chapterhouse spoiled for me --- as I finished the series only in the past few years --- by some flippant comments online. Other spoilers have ruined things too for me.

      IMO, along with film previews becoming increasingly spoilery ... we've lost a real sense of allowing people to experience films, books and media naive, which naturally takes away from the experience and even the idea that media are about the experience and not the punchline, summary or resultant meme.