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Best part is how a hero rises in one book and becomes the villain in the next. This worm-man had to have inspired Jabba the Hutt in some fashion.

“From your infinite wisdom then, tell us why the Lord Leto chose to become a worm.”
Quite literally BECOME A SANDWORM.
WTF 😆 These books are so weird I cannot stop reading. 🤣

The Jell-O is starting to jiggle! This is turning into a fantasticly satisfying read.

The characters are growing on me now.

I’ll say this…it’s taken “this” many pages to get something semi-interesting to take hold.

If I didn’t start it so late I’d have finished this in one sitting. Absolutely hysterical while staying in the detective frame of genre. I could see Hitchcock or even Mel Brooks (!) having a go at this material.

The plot is thick against the Atreides twins. But counterplots are being woven…

Ok. I am impressed with this book. If you take the father/daughter element of the Logan Wolverine movie and mix it with a Jim Thompson paperback.

Wow this is fast-paced. Started reading with a target of a few chapters and I flew through “Part 1” apparently.

I’m not here for some SOA prison blood oaths (which it threatens to be on some pages). There’s real heart here, whether it be the father daughter estranged relationship that the plot forces to mend or the story being told from an 11 year old girl caught up in chase story.

Page 170 of 309. Well. It’s finally crossed the line. It’s a body horror book. 👏👏👏😆

Page 100. Absurdist take on the Private Eye genre of the 1930s and I’m digging it. Pynchon can get a little distracting but makes up for it with anecdotal backstories that induce severe grins. Also reminds me of the film noir Out of the Past in broad strokes.

A touchstone to all Detective Fiction written after it.