Dune

What can I even say about Dune that hasn't been said? It's one of the most amazing books I've ever read, and perhaps the most amazing. It's extremely expansive and fantastical, and yet very relatable. It has the foggy mysteriousness of a political drama and the subplots under subplots of a spy thriller. Dune seems to transcend the sci-fi drama and become something entirely it's own. It rides it's own, wonderfully complex wave. It's a book that really makes you think. Dune comments on politics, religion, philosophy, and mixes them into a drama. Dune is life changing, and I think this is because it feels (similarly to Lord of the Rings) like the universe of Dune already existed and Frank Herbert just recorded factual history. Dune changed science fiction forever. The genre lost its sense of phallic rockets and alien space babes and became something relevant. Herbert showed that sci-fi could be one of the most effective genres to use for commentary on contemporary issues.

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