Conference noted::sf

		And are they really worth reading??

				Ivan Gottasecret

The first book definitely is; in my opinion, it's one of the three best sf
novels ever written. Most folks would quibble on the rest. Myself, I rather
liked DUNE MESSIAH, though admittedly, after reading DUNE, anything would
seem to be not up to snuff. CHILDREN OF DUNE was ok. I haven't read the
last two, though I've heard nothing but positive response to the latest,
HERETICS OF DUNE.

--- jerry

		Why do people put these @#%(*&$$% fake replies in????
		
						%$&%&$^(13)

I think it is just people who don't know enough to use the DELETE command.
It happens a lot. Best thing to do is to send the person mail asking him or
her to delete the entry. When you reply (as I am doing...) it makes the
offending reply undeletable unless everyone can get coordinated enough to
delete their entries working back.

-- Bill(34)

	Some times the blank replies mean "NO COMMENT" with heavy sarcasm.

	I used to think that Herbert got tired of DUNE and took a short cut in 
using the bombs to blow away the barrier at the end of DUNE.  Recently, I have 
come to realize that Paul was not the hero the people thought he was and 
betrayed the ecology of DUNE to his own pursuit of power.

	(The spelling checker in recent versions of NOTES$EDIT is a great 
help.)

     RE:  -.1

     I am not sure I can agree with your comment about Paul.  I think
there are many passages in the book that show Paul was not in complete
control of the destiny of Arrakis.  Many times he sensed events rushing
up on him, and couldn't do anything about it.  I believe there is a
valid question about whether or not Paul really knew what he was doing,
at least in terms of the ecology of Arrakis, but I really can't believe
that he was consciously seeking power to the exclusion of all else.

     Kevin McCarthy

	The blank replies exist when someone begins to make a reply, but then
	the net crashes before they finish. This leaves an empty reply, and
	there's no way to get to the node to do a delete afterward.

	I'm not so sure heavy sarcasm is implied.

A blank reply will also occur when using NOTES-11, the /EDIT switch and 
use the QUIT command in EDT.

MartyJ

Re .9: I think you are wrong. When I "QUIT" the editor, NOTES11 asks me
if I want to proceed to write the note/reply. Obviously, I say "N".

-- Bill

Re:.-1

Say "Yes" and see what happens.

MartyJ

I'm sure that a blank note will be written if you say "yes" but why would
you say "yes" after quitting the editor?

This discussion belongs in the NOTES11 file...

-- Bill

re:.12

I engaged fingers before engaging brain, thus I hit a <CR> when I did 
not want to.

MartyJ

Then engage brain and type "DELETE".

-- Bill

		I forgot what I asked for!!!!!!!

						sam	

 I have four of the dune books. If you send me vaxmail with an address
I'll send them to you if you want them. I was going to get the titles
but left home without them. One for sure is Dune.

		sorry, I dug the cpoies up at the library.

    So this particular note is pushing 3 years old.  Didn't seem worth
    starting a new note.
    
    I have just finished reading CHAPTERHOUSE:DUNE;  a hard cover version
    that I was able to pick up for $2.98.  While that was a great price,
    and it was nice to be able to handle a hard cover, this size book
    just does not fit my library of SF (2 or 3 boxes under the bed).
    
    Anybody care to swap a reasonably unmutilated paperback version
    for the read_once_only_with_no_drools hard back copy ?
    
    Send me an E-mail message or phone; I'll delete this note when swapped
    or, if I can't do that, post it gone.
    
    Dwight (AMULET::FARRINGTON dtn:289-1489 @APO)

    Last time I looked, CHAPTERHOUSE:DUNE was just coming out in a trade
    paperback edition (still larger than you probably want), and was
    not yet out in mass market paperback.  You may have to wait a while
    before you can make that trade. Further, I'll bet the paperback
    version will run at least $4.95, and so will sell for more than
    $2.98 used.  Good luck in finding a trade.

    I did not realize a paperback version had not been released.
    
    And yes, I had considered the price differential; one of the reasons
    I purchased the hard cover book was that the price would probably
    be lower than the paperback (that I thought was available).
    
    My offer to swap was directed to those potential Dune fans who would
    perhaps like to flesh out that hard cover Dune library, but did
    not wish to pay those typical prices.  Not looking for any deals,
    it's just that I was hoping to obtain a smaller version for long
    term storage...
    
    Oh well, maybe a quick donation to the public library and wait for
    the mass market paperback.
    
    Dwight   

>I did not realize a paperback version had not been released.

	Are you sure the paperback hasn't been released yet ??

	Chapterhouse:Dune has been out in paperback here in England
	for months - I bought mine last year !!

	CJA

                 Chapterhouse: DUNE has just become available in
        paperback (I just got mine this weekend at Dalton's). The
        Publishing date is given as July 87 (no typo!). The list price
        is $4.50.
                
                /s/     Bob

    My apologies for claiming it would be months before the
    mass market paperback would be out.  My only excuse is that
    they usually take over a year between trade paperback and
    mass market, and the trade paperback has only been out
    since last October.  I guess they wanted to start out the
    "new" Ace sf paperback line with a bang (I say "new" because
    it now combines the Ace and Berkley lines (no more new Berkley
    sf, folks) into one), and the last Dune novel is about as big
    a bang as you can make these days.
    
    				Andrew
    

    re:.22
    
    Books are routinely released a month before their "publication
    date".
    
    --- jerry

    On the subject on DUNE books:
    
    Has any one noticed that, if you open the paperbacks and lay them
    in order, with the spines facing up, that all of the book covers
    make one picture, except for Chapter house!
    
    This may be old news but I just realised it!
    
    Bob

    Anybody heard from sam (now 24) lately?