The book was great, but brought disappointment as a bonus
Good morning all you readers out there. I’ve finished Dune. I gotta say that now having read the book, it’s ruined the 1984 movie for me. All the changes, all the deletions, all the half assed and hamfisted “adaptations” for the movie done by Lynch and company in trying to get the movie made before the rights expired… it really tells when you realize what i found, out only after, that Lynch never read the book, never heard the story of the book, and was wholly uninterested in science fiction before writing the screen play, which turned out to be only 135 pgs for a 500 pg book.
But this post is neither a review of the 1984 movie, its differences with the book, or sadly… not even a review of the book. I’ll have to take some time to chew on it and see if I can do the masterpiece justice at a later time. I’m just glad to be done with Dune because of the mindbending differences and how upset I got at a film I was for decades a huge fan of.
But… on to the Future, or maybe a Prequel?
My next reads will be a newly released prequel to Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. I remember reading the other three books the year before last and really enjoying them. Pretty typical YA Fiction themes and writing, but again… as is the case with most books… much better than the movies that gave us Jennifer Lawrence as a household name. (I’m SO knot a JL fan).
Per the dust jacket, this one is set in the past in relation to the original trilogy. Specifically President Snow’s past, the 10th Annual Hunger Games. I’m hoping to see a bit more how he developed into the monster that he became and how the Games developed as well.
Then after that, which should take me a mere triffle of days by what I experienced reading Collins’ first three, I’ll take a swing back thru Ballybucklebo in Ireland to continue the series of stories surrounding the inimitable, sagacious, and dedicated Doctor Fingal O’Reilly, the Irish Country Doctor.
What are you all reaing? Have you read Dune, seen the movie, any strong opinions that you’d like to share? Put a comment in the bukcket. And Good reading all. -mike
