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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaoru_Nagisa View Post
    I'll keep it on my To-Watch list for when it gets out of theatres, then! Your mentioning of intrigue and scheming between noble houses is stuff I eat up as well, plus from what I recall it's a sci-fi series of a sort?
    Dune is a seminal work of Science Fiction that has influenced many genres/sub-genres and artists since its writing. The overall premise is a coming-of-age story for a young man of a noble house in a galactic empire. Politics is an ever-present theme throughout the story (and entire series, really) with the first part of the book (the current movie) having the most of it front-and-center.

    If you can keep yourself concentrated on it, I *highly* suggest reading it. It really is that good and is that important to Sci-Fi.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Illmaeran View Post
    Dune is a seminal work of Science Fiction that has influenced many genres/sub-genres and artists since its writing. The overall premise is a coming-of-age story for a young man of a noble house in a galactic empire. Politics is an ever-present theme throughout the story (and entire series, really) with the first part of the book (the current movie) having the most of it front-and-center.

    If you can keep yourself concentrated on it, I *highly* suggest reading it. It really is that good and is that important to Sci-Fi.
    Oh physically reading a book isn't a concentration problem for me! It's more the physical strain on my poor old lady eyes, or just not having enough time to sit down and enjoy a good book in peace most days. It's audio that I have a concentration problem with (ADHD), so I tend to avoid audio books. Short stories work fine, but very lengthy novels just... blur, after a while.

    But gods, that sounds like it's right up my alley. I honestly am not as big into the sci-fi genre as I am high/low fantasy, but all of that rolled into one really piques my interest. I'll give the movie a watch first, but I'll definitely see if I can find a copy at the local book stores (or the library) afterwards. I find doing stuff in that order makes me less disappointed if the movie adaptation cut stuff out or changed anything. xD
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaoru_Nagisa View Post
    It's audio that I have a concentration problem with (ADHD), so I tend to avoid audio books.
    I have to have a physical object in front of me to be able to read for any length of time. If I'm staring at a computer screen or listening to something...*poof*...there goes my concentration.

    If you plan on reading the book after seeing the movie; keep in mind the character of Dr. Kynes is a white dude, not a black lady as in the movie. That's kind of an important piece of info for later in the story, though I hear the movie put its own spin on it.
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