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Sci Fi Gives Green Light To "Children of Dune"
fooguy writes "Our friends at the Sci Fi Channel have given the Green Light to begin production of Children of Dune. According to the release, 'The miniseries begins production in Prague in April 2002 and is slated to air in 2003. Dune adapter John Harrison wrote the script, based on "Dune Messiah" and "Children of Dune," the second and third novels in Frank Herbert's six-volume Dune Chronicles series. Richard P. Rubinstein comes back on board as executive producer. The sequel will continue the story of the Atreides family and recount the fall of Paul's empire, with the future resting in the hands of Paul's heirs, his twin children."
What are all the whiners going to do? It wouldn't be Dune without cries of, "The movie was better!"
On a more serious note, I wonder how well the rest of the books will translate. I thought they were a lot less "action-packed" than the first book, which is saying a lot.
Twostep
There are 10 different types of people in this world... those who understand binary, and those who don't.
Sure:
After 917 pages of drivel including ~3 pages devoted to the "proper" way to consume a bowl of Cap'n Crunch cereal - Randy et.al get the gold that's buried in the mountain, by shoving in a bunch of fuel, and blowing the whole thing up.
Whoopee. For a book with 3 great subjects: Computers+WWII+Secret Spy Stuff, Cryptonomicon sucked ass out loud.