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   Tony Nance to The Horny Goat   
   Re: Dune 2   
   17 Mar 24 15:39:04   
   
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   From: tnusenet17@gmail.com   
      
   On 3/17/24 2:36 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:   
   > On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:40:10 -0400, Tony Nance    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> In my very humble opinion, you didn't miss much. A million years ago   
   >> here in rasfw, I mentioned Heretics of Dune (aka My Own Private Duncan   
   >> Idaho) as the worst SFF "turkey" I had finished reading. For the life of   
   >> me, I don't know why I then went on to read Chapterhouse: Dune, but I   
   >> did, and it was not much better. At this remove, I don't remember a   
   >> whole lot of either one - my sense is that they weren't "throw at the   
   >> wall" bad, but they were really disappointing.   
   >>   
   > Is that one of those "Dune" books written by Herbert's son and a ghost   
   > writer?   
      
   No - Or at least, Frank Herbert passed away in 1986, and Heretics of   
   Dune & Chapterhouse: Dune were published in 1984 & 1985 respectively.   
   Chapterhouse was the last Dune novel I ever read - and it is very likely   
   to remain so.   
      
   Tony   
      
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