Dune
The Dune books have been around all my life but it wasn’t until the new Denis Villeneuve film that I finally cracked them open. Watching this film, as opposed to the David Lynch version, was just the right visual primer I needed to break through Frank Herbert’s incredibly vast, detailed imagination and fully embrace his story. And wow am I glad I did. I’ve now read the first two books in the series and am in the middle of the third, and I feel almost ashamed that this vast, complex sci-fi universe had been at my fingertips for so long and I just ignored it. The life of Paul Atreides touches on so many things that not only was Herbert dealing with when he wrote the book, but that we still deal with now: political scandal, religious fanaticism, economic disparity, and so much more. All of which wrapped in this unforgettable world of sandworms and still suits and obese men carried around by wires. I’m not sure I’ll get through the entire Herbert Dune series, but I feel much more fulfilled as a genre fan now that I’ve begun the ride. – Germain Lussier
