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Dune House Atreides / Comments on Dune: The Butlerian Jihad / Writers?

Cairon Dec 3rd 1:22 PM
so why do we call Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert the writers of the new prequels. As I understood from the preface they merely spoke in tapes and delivered them to some poor unfortunate soul who had to transcribe them and thus write the books...

dogsolitude_uk Dec 4th 3:06 PM
Loads of authors do that, Cairon!!!

Blimey, I'd do it if I could find someone gullible enough to type my dirge out...

Dog;)

Vorian
User ID: 9092003 Jun 24th 8:32 PM
Most authors do that. They are storytellers and dreamers, not scribes. People get paid a LOT to do that kind of transcribing. They wrote the material, but didn't type it themselves.

Sardaukar One Jul 4th 10:00 AM
Some storytellers these two are.
Instead of counting sheep in their dreams, they were counting money.

MilesTeg Jul 7th 1:59 PM
The act of writing is not just the original babbling into a recorder, but, maybe even more importantly, the editing process, the verification of facts, internally and externally, the reworking of the words to shape meanings and implications, the refining of grammar.

I view these books as not in the same class as FH, who belongs with Tolkein and Donaldson, but as bonus books about one of my favorite worlds, that do have a connection to the originator.

Miles

Freakzilla Jul 8th 7:54 PM
I can see how deep down they are based on FHs notes but I think they embelished way too much filling in the gaps in the notes. I also think they diverged somewhat from the notes to make their own story fit. But we'll never know untill we see the notes.

It should have been two books: The Butlerian Jihad and The Great Houses.

Sardaukar One Jul 9th 9:54 PM
There is no point trying to blame the crapness of these books on the one who transcribed them.
Probaly a chimp or chimps.
"You cannot polish a turd" no matter how hard you try. And the BJ is one, giant turd.

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Cairon	Dec 3rd 1:22 PM so why do we call Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert the writers of the new prequels. As I understood from the preface they merely spoke in tapes and delivered them to some poor unfortunate soul who had to transcribe them and thus write the books...
dogsolitude_uk	Dec 4th 3:06 PM Loads of authors do that, Cairon!!! Blimey, I'd do it if I could find someone gullible enough to type my dirge out... Dog;)
Vorian User ID: 9092003	Jun 24th 8:32 PM Most authors do that. They are storytellers and dreamers, not scribes. People get paid a LOT to do that kind of transcribing. They wrote the material, but didn't type it themselves.
Sardaukar One	Jul 4th 10:00 AM Some storytellers these two are. Instead of counting sheep in their dreams, they were counting money.
MilesTeg	Jul 7th 1:59 PM The act of writing is not just the original babbling into a recorder, but, maybe even more importantly, the editing process, the verification of facts, internally and externally, the reworking of the words to shape meanings and implications, the refining of grammar. I view these books as not in the same class as FH, who belongs with Tolkein and Donaldson, but as bonus books about one of my favorite worlds, that do have a connection to the originator. Miles
Freakzilla	Jul 8th 7:54 PM I can see how deep down they are based on FHs notes but I think they embelished way too much filling in the gaps in the notes. I also think they diverged somewhat from the notes to make their own story fit. But we'll never know untill we see the notes. It should have been two books: The Butlerian Jihad and The Great Houses.
Sardaukar One	Jul 9th 9:54 PM There is no point trying to blame the crapness of these books on the one who transcribed them. Probaly a chimp or chimps. "You cannot polish a turd" no matter how hard you try. And the BJ is one, giant turd.