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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
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Subject: Re: Dune
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> Speaking of Dune....
>   Of all the people I have talked to, it seems that only those who
> saw the movie before reading the book (myself included) thought it was
> a good movie.  However, immediately after seeing the movie, I read
> the book, and realized how bad the movie was compared to the book.
> Rhetorical question--How did Herbert allow them to make such a mess
> out of what is really an excellent book?
> 
> Ken Varnum
> 

Uh, gang, what say you move this discussion to net.movies?
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                                    Peter Merchant