I'm more of a Heinlein, Harrison or Laumer fan, myself. On Sun, Oct 31, 2021 at 8:27 AM Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I’m big into sci-fi but not really this sort of sci-fi. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 31, 2021, at 7:13 AM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I read the book a couple months ago, I agree that it's a lot better > than the movie. Definitely a book for sci-fi readers though, could be > difficult if you weren't used to hardcore sci-fi. > > Curt > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > > > On Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 5:51 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Both of your observations match mine. I > do recall being very impressed with > > the book, then disappointed with his following works. The '84 movie was > > poor. This one certainly needs a middle and end, but I also thought I > needed > > to watch it again. Why don't we have any great contemporary scifi like we > > used to have? > > > > I once met Ray Bradbury. I told him he was one of my favorite authors. He > > said I had very good taste. > > > > Greg > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Scott > > Ritchey via Mercedes > > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 6:22 PM > > To: 'Mercedes Discussion List' > > Cc: Scott Ritchey > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Dune > > > > The new Dune is just as long as the '84 version but ends about a third of > > the way through the story. It looks like the first episode of a trilogy > or > > mini-series but I see nothing online about follow-on episodes. > > > > I found the book confusing when I first read it back in the '60s but the > > book has several appendices that explain things. Several times I stopped > > reading the main story to read the relevant appendix. I think Dune > could be > > a good series (more than 3 episodes) but it is (IMO) foolhardy to try to > > tell the whole story in a movie. > > > > There were several other sequel and prequel books based on Dune. Some > > better than others. The prequels explained how the Dune-era "world > order" > > came to be. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mercedes On Behalf Of Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > > Sent: Friday, October 29, 2021 9:07 PM > > To: Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>; Floyd Thursby via > > Okietalk <okiet...@okiebenz.com> > > Cc: Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > > Subject: [MBZ] Dune > > > > I am currently watching this new Dune movie that I guess is a remake of > the > > 1984 Dune movie. So far it is about a confusing and boring as the first > > Dune movie. It has been decades since I have seen the original so maybe > I > > need to try to watch it again for comparison. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
