Dune: Don’t be fooled by the awful 1984 film adaptation; this is one of the best sci-fi stories ever written. There is too much in this novel, and the books that follow it, to be encapsulated on a book dust-jacket or a simple paragraph in a top 5 list. But the themes of prescience, destiny, political intrigue and even economics create a universe so vast that you can’t help but be impressed at the completeness of it. I would rank Dune, the story of a mysterious desert planet, as on par with the complexity and craft of Lord of the Rings. No self-respecting sci-fi fan can avoid it. |