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From: jab@uokvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Dune: read the book FIRST
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Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 01:15:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 19 01:15:00 1984
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Nf-From: uokvax!jab    Dec 19 00:15:00 1984

This probably belongs in both "net.movies" and here, but I think
it's probably more appropriate here.

I am the kind of person who puts off a book that everyone recommends
because, well, everyone recommends it. A good example of this is that
I read "Lord of the Rings" last Spring, because before then I was always
surrounded by people who were such Tolkein fans that they tried to speak
Elvish. Same thing for "Time Enough for Love" and "Foundation". (All
fine books, ditch the fanatics somewhere and read the books.)

I promised myself that I "would read 'Dune' before seeing the movie." It
wasn't because I had heard that the movie was "better/worse than the book,"
but that it was "different."

	***** DO IT: READ 'DUNE' BEFORE SEEING THE MOVIE. *****

Why? Because, like the movie or not, you'll understand almost none of it
without knowing the background of the book. Period. (The movie lacks any
sense of suspense anyhow, so it's not like the book will spoil the movie.
My $4.50 was spent, in my opinion, to go see the worms.)

	Jeff Bowles
	Lisle, IL