Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune, first published in 1965, is still extremely influential. Science fiction author Matthew Kressel recently re-read Dune for the first time in more than a decade.
“I was worried,” Kressel says in Episode 417 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. “I was like, ‘Am I going to read this and not like it now? Have I outgrown this book?’ And absolutely not. It was the exact opposite. I love it even more.”
Dune contains a depth of worldbuilding that is seldom matched in science fiction. Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley has always found the book a bit slow, but he acknowledges it as a great achievement.
“It’s a really impressive book, just coming from the point of view of a writer,” he says. “I’m in absolute awe, just thinking about the kind of effort and thought it would take to write…
