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KINGGS t1_jebffyq wrote

Reply to comment by jdbrew in Finally reading Tolkien by jdbrew

That’s odd that you didn’t feel Herbert’s writing was bad, because it’s honestly very bland and simplistic.

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sometimeszeppo t1_jedo5hi wrote

Agreed, I’ve heard that Dune has been used for examples in English classes of how NOT to write, because the story and world is often engaging enough to get the students’ interest, but is still filled with mixed metaphors, confused tenses, tautological descriptions, and sometimes the subject of a sentence will change from clause to clause.

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