On the 5th book of the Dune Sixology. At this stage, it is only the need to finish that drives me forward. Not that it is not good. Frank Herbert has this awesome skill to unfold a huge plot with such intricate web of dependencies. Just that 5 books is a lot for the same author, no matter how good he is.
That said, I definitely will revise my SF list to include at least 3 of the Dune series. I would recommend book 1 and 3 to anyone interested in reading. Book 4 (God Emperor of Dune) is too poignant and over-played. Book 5, which I just started, seems to have deviated from the same theme. That's good.
I did not know Frank Herbert died soon after he finished book 6. Then one of his descendants continued to write few more books with “Dune” as part of the title.
Edit 2/11/2005:
All plans relied ultimately on the skills of those who executed them.
On to book 6 — “Chapter House”