My own thoughts about Frank Herbert (common German name; at first I thought he *was* a German <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> ) :
- I read it (the first book) as a teenager. While I found the general concept very creative, I didn't find the whole outcome very appealing - no tension, no other things I like to read ... I thought the book lacked several things I like to read. It was not a "living" story, but a weird Science-Fiction story to me. I couldn't imagine the protagonists as breathing people, but rather the book seemed to me as an expression of his whole (creative) concepts.
- As you might have already read between the ines, I didn't like the overall tone of the book. I didn't have the feeling as if it was written with the heart, but rather with tools.
- I haven't read the book since (and that's more than 10 years ago, although I once took a brief look into it).
- I wish I could be as productive as him. I really wish I could produce ten books a year or so. But I'm not.
Alrik.
P.S. :
A story idea is a precious thing
So precious that you should never let it out. There are people out there terying to steal this one from you, trying to sell it as their own idea, and even later try to evoke a lawsuit on that on you if you publish your own initial idea / story.
There has been a very nasty report on boards.theforce.net : One there wrote about someone giving in a story idea to a Star Trek Seruies (DS9 ?) , he was asked *everything* about his idea, even invited to show how the thought it, but was rejected, and the story later appeared in the series, with the Invitor as credity. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" /> Weird.
