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I have not yet read it, but it is on my list. I've heard nothing but good things about it and I look forward to it.
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I have 16 of them; I'm going to try to slate them for next year, but it kind of depends on the length of other things I'm wanting to read. I have a goal I like to hit every year, so I mix shorter books with longer ones.

yeah I've learned a lot of new vocab from these books, either by keeping a dictionary near me when I've read them, phone app or computer tab lol
It also helped that the first book had a glossary of all the made-up words (idk if that was included in every edition)

And I agree, so much relies on inner monologue and hidden intentions and even a simple conversation between two people carries so much complexity that (within the scene) observers don't know half of whats REALLY going on, so how do you expect to let an audience in on it?
Take the bene gesserit for example, they're such complex characters with their other memory, supreme control over their biology and emotions, how do you put that into film? I was watching the sci-fi series and one of the things that bugs me the most is how WRONG WROnG WrOnGGGG they got Jessica! The way the actress portrays her is as some juvenile with no control over her emotions or the way she presents herself to others, wearing her thoughts/feelings on her as transparent as a two-year-old as if she's not at the level of an acolyte, not even someone the bene gessert would even select for their sisterhood! ( "selected for genetics" haha) But then again, it is on TV, and she is ACTING, and that right there inherently ruins everything thats is so awe-inspiring about the sisterhood, reverend mothers in particular.

The Butlerian Jihad trilogy could make for some good movies though... I mean, Frank didn't write them so they're less complex than the original Dune books, but the story is still there, just without some of the organizations that made Dune so awesome and make them impossible to put into film.

Yes! My edition was all three parts in one book with a glossary and two chapters about the climate and bene gesserit training. It was great. But the book was close to 1000 pages.

I will look into this!

I understand 100%
I did the same thing.
I think I got more than 50 pages into it my first attempt, actually I got about 50 pages into Dune Messiah (I was 16), but I think it was the fact that it was such a ******** and I kept getting distracted from the profound insights into the human species/ect/ect/ect/major themes of Frank Herbert, that I probably wasn't able to fully appreciate the subject matter.
When I finally picked it up again last year I was like "OMFG WHY DID I EVER STOP READING THIS?????" and haven't been able to stop ever since (actually, it took A Song of Ice and Fire series to give me any respite, but now that I've finished that epic, I'm afraid I'm loosing myself in Dune once again lol)
I think the big changes and the broadening of the Dune universe that occurs in the fourth book (God Emperor) wouldn't have been something I would have been able to handle back then so I'm kind of glad that I stopped when I couldn't hack it anymore, but even more glad that I got back into it. At 16 I would have expected a book series to be more linear, to have a main character and follow their story, but the Dune series is more a story about the potential of the human race as a whole (not to mention a main theme is the impermanance of everything) and even Paul Atredies can't be considered a "main character" for long.

Personally I think i'm not ready for it yet. however I am at the moment reading Atlas Shrugged and then after that I will read the Outlander series so after all that I believe I will be ready.