EVERYONE Has Read This but Me - The Catch-Up Book Club discussion

Hello all - starting up discussions for the January 2017 BOTMs. This discussion is for the group's poll selection for the CLASSICS category: Dune by Frank Herbert.

This discussion will be spoiler-free. If you have already read the book and want to discuss, hop on over to the spoiler-filled discussion HERE .

Happy reading!
Kasey

Dune is today's Kindle Daily Deal.

I'm doing the audiobook for this one.
Its 21 hours long.
I had best get started!

Just checked out the only copy in our public library system, large print! It's huge lol. I'm currently reading 2 other books so this one might take me awhile.

Sarah wrote: "Just checked out the only copy in our public library system, large print! It's huge lol. I'm currently reading 2 other books so this one might take me awhile."

It seems like everyone is reading this right now!

My library's only copy is out, there are 3 ebook copies through mymediamall for our library - there are 6 people waiting per copy. There are like 10 people with holds on the audiobook there too. Its crazy.

I hadn't spent my audible credit for December so it was either use it for this or have to buy the book.

How long is it I don't even know. Sounds like it's way longer than I anticipated.

Kaseadillla wrote: "How long is it I don't even know. Sounds like it's way longer than I anticipated."

Varies a lot by edition, but around 600 on average I think.

WOOOHEEE das a lot

Loooong is a staple of epics like this!

Mine is 857 pages long! But that's due to it being a large print edition. I'm already trying to get through an 800+ page Harry Potter book! Plus I'm reading a book called Alice, and my real life book club just decided to read A Monster Calls. Good thing I love the challenge, My January reading agenda is definitely full!

Kaseadillla wrote: "WOOOHEEE das a lot"

Not too terrible bad. The Riyria Revelations books are longer.

Melanie wrote: "Loooong is a staple of epics like this!"
Truth.

Sarah wrote: "Mine is 857 pages long! But that's due to it being a large print edition. I'm already trying to get through an 800+ page Harry Potter book! Plus I'm reading a book called Alice, and my real life bo..."

That is a pretty big one, yikes!

This month I'm doing this, two buddy reads (A Court of Thorns and Roses and The Winter's Tale) and a "catch up" read of The Invisible Library (my one other group read back in November that I wanted to read but didn't get around to).

Sarah- you will need to let me know what you thought of Alice, its in my want to read pile so maybe one day!

same same on Alice

I'll write a review when I'm done! My thoughts so far: I was hoping it would play more off the psychosis theme and it's much gorier than I had anticipated. It's like a magical adventure full of murder! Totally different spin on the classic.

I'm still stuck in Anna Karenina and Moby Dick I'm hoping to pick up Dune soon though it's been on my shelf for far too long.

I used my audible credit on Dune. So I'm about 5 hours in.

I've decided to nix this one since there are too many other books I want to read more than this one.

I am listening to the audiobook. I read this book years ago, and I am not hesitant to say, IT IS AMOnG MY ToP TEn FAvOrITe ReAdS!!!!

I'm still working on it, but its kind of slow for my tastes. I knew going in it was a slow start, but this is getting kind of ridiculous now.

There's huge sand worms coming up....stay with it!

Finished the audiobook I actually enjoyed the beginning the middle was slower

I am currently listening to this (on disc 12 of 18) but have read it many times. Listening to it makes the beginning feel a bit dry and tedious, but I've never felt that way reading it. I'm liking the audio, but I'm always surprised at how different the same book can feel in different formats.

Welcome everyone to our September 2020 Bookshelf Catch Up; this this is the second time this book has been featured as a group read.

Friendly reminder that this is our spoiler-free thread. If you're ready to talk spoilers, feel free to head on over to the spoilers thread.

Who is joining in this read? Will it be your first time reading or is this a reread? What do you hope to gain by reading this book?

*NOTE that there was a tie between this book and The Book Thief, but Dune won the tie-breaker of being featured less times as a BOTM for the group.

will be joining! a very pretty hardcover stares wistfully at me every time I look at my bookshelf and I can stand the guilt no longer lol

Read this year agon. I may do a reread .

How can I call myself a sci-fi fan when I haven't read this? The new movie should (hopefully) be coming out sometime at the end of this year, I'm glad I can read this with the group before seeing it.

I've had this on my shelf for years! Also I was recently gifted the ebook from a friend - a sure sign it's time to read it! Looking forward to getting started but definitely will wait until Sept for this one.

I can't wait to get to this one!

This book has been on my to-be-read list and book-shelf for too long. Hopefully, this year!

Looking forward to this - I have an audiobook with a full cast. I haven't read this since the 1980s

So excited to read this book! I recently joined this group and i am loving it!

I read this Book in High school. I liked but think I am passing on a re read

Hi! I'm Abid from India. I'm looking forward to read Dune next month. Excited !!

This is my first time to a reading group.

I'm reading War and Peace too so I think I need to give myself a timetable or goal of daily pages. I have the kindle edition and also a paperback but it's in storage just now so kindle all the way for me ...to begin with anyway. I'm excited to read this and have some company!!

I'm already reading this book but I put it on hold so I can read it with the group soon! Tomorrow actually, it looks so interesting... can't wait to read more.

I'm so excited to start reading this!!!!

Started last night and got 27 pages in. So far...I'm enjoying it! Trying to get my head around the magic system and technology mentioned but it seems like it's going to be an involved and engrossing read!

About two pages in I could already tell it's going to be one of those books where I have to take notes of the names and concepts so I don't get confused later... I usually love those books so I have high hopes for this one :)

Kayln wrote: "The enthusiasm in this section is getting me past some of the bizarre names. I am just amused that Thufir and Bene Gesserit are on the same pages as Paul."

: D

I have wondered about pronunciations. U could be ú or ū.

Mind farts. Pardon. I sometimes lose focus in ongoing dramas in real life too.

I'm excited to read this with you all, but unfortunately there are a lot of people in my area reading this right now. I have it on hold at the library, but it might still be another 2 weeks!

Hi everyone, I’m going to try to read Dune this month. Is there a schedule that most people follow? Haven’t used Goodreads Groups at all before

I'm going to start reading Dune now. I've heard it can be somewhat difficult to read. Hopefully I'll be fine.

Sophie wrote: "Hi everyone, I’m going to try to read Dune this month. Is there a schedule that most people follow? Haven’t used Goodreads Groups at all before"

Hey there - I don't think there's an official schedule.
I made myself one so that I at least finish it in Sept. I just did a wee excel table and figured out how many pages a day I had to read to get through the book in time. It's keeping me on track so far. The editions all have different numbers of pages but that might be an idea to do for yourself.

I'm currently on Chapter 13 - the one that begins:
"On that first day when Muad-Dib rode through the streets of Arrakeen with his family"

DUNE - BOOKS AND CHAPTER TITLES

I thought this might be useful for people - I find it helpful to track how I'm getting along and how many chapters I've read etc. Also for discussing the correct chapter:

Book I – Dune [Chapters 1-22]

1 - A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care / from “Manual of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
2 - To attempt an understanding of Muad’Dib without understanding his mortal enemies / from “Manual of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
3 - Thus spoke St. Alia-of-the-Knife / from “Muad’Dib, Family Commentaries” by the Princess Irulan
4 - You have read that Muad’Dib had no playmates his own age on Caladan. / from “A Child’s History of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
5 - YUEH (yü’ē), Wellington / from “Dictionary of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
6 - How do we approach the study of Muad’Dib’s father? / from “Muad’Dib, Family Commentaries” by the Princess Irulan
7 - With the Lady Jessica and Arrakis / from “Analysis: The Arrakeen Crisis” by Princess Irulan (private circulation: B.G. file number AR-81088587)
8 - “Yueh! Yueh! Yueh!” goes the refrain. / from “A Child’s history of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
9 - Many have marked the speed with which Muad’Dib learned the necessities of Arrakis. / from “The Humanity of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
10 - What had the Lady Jessica to sustain her in her time of trial? / from “Muad’Dib: Family Commentaries” by the Princess Irulan
11 - It is said that the Duke Leto blinded himself to the perils of Arrakis / from “Muad’Dib: Family Commentaries” by the Princess Irulan
12 - Over the exit of the Arrakeen landing field / from “Manual of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
13 - On that first day when Muad-Dib rode through the streets of Arrakeen with his family / from “Manual of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
14 - “There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you dicover your father is a man – with human flesh.” / from “Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess irulan
15 - My Father, the Padishah Emperor, took me by the hand one day and I sensed in the ways my mother had taught me that he was disturbed. / “In my Father’s House” by Princess Irulan
16 - Greatness is a transitory experience. / from “Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
17 - “There is no escape – we pay for the violence of our ancestors.” / from “The Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
18 - Do you wrestle with dreams? / Dirge for Jamis on the Funeral Plain, from “Songs of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
19 - There should be a science of discontent. / from “Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
20 - Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife / from “Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
21 - There is a legend that the instant the duke Leo Atreides died a meteor streaked across the skies above his ancestral palace on Caladan. / the princess Irulan: “Introduction to a Child’s History of Muad’Dib”
22 - O Seas of Caladan / from “Songs of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan

Book II – Muad’Dib [Chapters 23-37]

23 - When my father, the Padishah Emperor, head of Duke Leto’s death and the manner of it, he went into such a rage as we had never before seen. / “In My Father’s house,” by the Princess Irulan
24 - My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. / from “Conversations with Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
25 - Muad’Dib could indeed see the Future / from “Arrakis Awakening” by the Princess Irulan
26 - What do you despise? By this are you truly known. / from “Manual of Muad-Dib” by the Princess Irulan
27 - At the age of fifteen, he had already learned silence. / from “A Child’s History of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
28 - We came from Caladan – a paradise world for our form of life. / from “Muad-Dib: Conversations” by the Princess Irulan
29 - Family life of the Royal Creche is difficult for many people to understand / “In My Father’s house” by the Princess Irulan
30 - This Fremen religious adaptation, then, is the source of what we now recognize as “The Pillars of the Universe” / from “Arrakis Awakening” by the Princess Irulan
31 - Prophecy and prescience – How can they be put to the test in the face of the unanswered question? / “Private Reflections on Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
32 - The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called “spannungsbogen” / from “The Wisdom of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
33 - My father, the Padishah Emperor, was 72 yet looked no more than 35 the year he encompassed the death of Duke Leto / “In My Father’s House” by the Princess Irulan
34 - God created Arrakis to train the faithful. / from “The Wisdom of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
35 - The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. / from “Collected Sayings of Muad-Dib” by the Princess Irulan
36 - Muad’Dib tells us in “A Time of Reflection” that his first collisions with Arrakeen necessities were the true beginnings of his education. / Stilgar’s preface to “Muad’Dib, the Man” by the Princess Irulan
37 - The hands move, the lips move / description from “A Manual of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan

Book III – The Prophet [Chapters 38-48]

38 - No woman, no man, no child ever was deeply intimate with my father. / “Count Fenring: A Profile” by the Princess Irulan
39 - Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. / from “The Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
40 - There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. / from “The Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
41 - “Control the coinage and the courts – let the rabble have the rest.” / Muad’Dib’s Secret Message to the Landsraad from “Arrakis Awakening” by the Princess Irulan
42 - You cannot avoid the interplay of politics within an orthodox religion. / from “Muad’Dib: The Religious Issues” by the Princess Irulan
43 - When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully7 aware of yourself. / from “Muad-Dib: The Ninety-Nine Wonders of the Universe” by Princess Irulan
44 - How often it is that the angry man rages denial of what his inner self is telling him. / “The Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
45 - And it came to pass in the third year of the Desert War that Paul-Muad’Dib lay alone in the Cave of birds / “Collected Legends of Arrakis” by the Princess Irulan
46 - And that day dawned when Arrakis lay at the hub of the universe with the wheel poised to spin. / from “Arrakis Awakening” by the Princess Irulan
47 - And Muad’Dib stood before them, and he said: Though we deem the captive dead, yet does she live.” / from “Arrakis Awakening” by the Princess Irulan
48 - He was warrior and mystic, ogre and saint, the fox and the innocent, chivalrous, ruthless, less than a god, more than a man. / from “Arrakis Awakening” by the Princess Irulan

Thanks Laura!

I'm going to start Dune too. It's been in my to-be-read list for a while.

I will be starting this tomorrow. I hope I can catch up and finish it by the end of this month.