I know I sure don’t. No matter how much BH yells “It’s canon!” at us, it doesn’t make it so. Especially when your “canon” can’t even get even basic facts behind the entire Dune universe right.

Heck, the Heroes of Dune series going on now? BH actually trying to say his books are actually MORE in canon than, oh, I don’t know, the books actually written by Dune’s creator? Of course, BH did that simply to try to fend off all the Dune fans telling him his books are crocks of poorly researched dung stew.

Prelude to Dune was bad. Legends was worse because it completely ignored what was actually well-established about Dune’s backstory. And from what I hear, so far Heroes is worst because it’s simply crapping over anything and everything Frank Herbert actually WROTE.

And all the Dune 7 books were was just KJA/BH reintroducing THEIR evil characters they created in Legends. No way Frank Herbert wrote the name Omnius ANYWHERE on a piece of paper.

And I am beginning to suspect those notes they unearthed don’t exist. No way Frank Herbert could have spewed out the drivel that KJA/BH wrote.

What I wish could happen is that KJA/BH recant and say “our books aren’t canon” and either release those notes to the public (If they exist) or, better yet, hire an actual COMPETENT author to cover what Frank Herbert wrote.

Because there is NO WAY 90% of the stuff those two wrote was ever even dreamed of by someone like Frank Herbert. HE’s much better than that.

All those books are simply BH trying to get rich off of his dad’s great works. And it’s easy to see it. In 20 years, Frank Herbert wrote and published a grand total of six books. Meaning he wasn’t just cranking them out to make a quick buck but was actually trying to massage them into great stories. NOT sending them to be published until he was sure the stories were good. It has now been almost 11 years since House Atreides hit bookshelves. How many books showed up? 10! With at least another TWO books which will no doubt be all released by 2012. That’s a book a year. KJA and BH are a regular book factory, aren’t they? Kinda betrays that they’re mass-producing generic science fiction stories and passing them off as something that can actually not only compare with Frank Herbert’s stuff but actively REPLACE it?

What BH is doing is trying to take over Dune, not supplement it.

This crap though belongs in the bargain bin. As a teen I would have enjoyed this, but as a grown man, it is easy to see through these author’s motives… the bottom line. Simply put. Frank Herbert wrote a brillant Saga of the future of mankind and his Son made it dumb.

The Dune series ended, unfinished, with Chapterhouse Dune. Sad, but a far better alternative than accepting the horrible nonsense Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson published in a determined attempt to ruin Frank Herbert’s Legacy. Remember, the attempt is only successful if you actually but and read them.

True Dune fans are already aware of how bad this book is, how bad KJA and the Other Guy are, and how poorly the HLP is treating the Legacy of Frank Herbert and a Masterpiece of American Literature. (and you are helping them, Fitz. Good job. Shai-hulud will judge.)