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Keep Messiah in its historical context to understand it better. The first book was an unexpected hit. Frank didn't expect to write more, at least not in an accelerated timeline. Messiah was a rushed magazine piece when such magazines were still a relevant source of SciFi media. Later, it turned into the book. The second half of Messiah reads much better than the first IMO. The first half is like a weak second draft that was locked into cannon prematurely. It was my slowest reading section of the entire series including the concluding books by Brian.
Thank you for the thoughtful reply. I really hadn't thought about it before from this perspective. I'm enjoying the theme of the story, it's just like I said I find some of the individual conversations tough to get my head around
I'll just say, get ready for God Emperor. There's zero shame in being confused at the moment, but God Emperor is like a fever dream
I have read dune many times and I feel the same way. I found this podcast and it will help a lot.
https://open.spotify.com/show/5aQeX8gfKbVos06li7PClY?si=CFfv_R5SRFqRdEeBGF-cog
Thank you so much for the recommendation! I feel quite well read but with some passages I feel like I'm learning English for the first time. Like I know the words, I've seen these words before. But in this combo I've got no idea haha