Dune by Frank Herbert
one of the finest pieces of sci-fi writing around. The (much less well known) books that follow it in the series are also bloody fantastic, even if they do get a bit bogged down towards the end.

The David Lynch film is also sheer, cheesy brilliance - haven't seen it for a while, but the ornithoper pilot who quotes a negative kelvin outside temperature on a desert planet always makes me smile.
(Parsnip No, I'm Spartacus, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 18:46, 4 replies)

Personally, I found the book bloody hard work :(
as there's about a million pages to it. Although I will attempt it again one day as everyone I know who's read it keeps banging on about how good it is
( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Mon 9 Jan 2012, 21:20, closed)

purchased
I know what you mean! i have just bought the first 5 books of the Dune series again. Great read.
(Fishbone-didi, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 6:01, closed)

I managed to get my way through the series
But the odd names he gives characters does make it hard going.

The best one by far was Terry and Dune though.
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Tue 10 Jan 2012, 13:54, closed)

I've read the first three, loved it.
(Avnas dosh!, Thu 12 Jan 2012, 5:44, closed)