Dune by Frank Herbert - The Easton Press

[@teetoo3790]

Really good video. I just started to re-read Dune to prep for the Dune 2 movie.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

That is a nice edition! I have the first 5 books on kindle in a single volume that cost me 99p - because I’m cheap. Also, if you die unexpectedly we’ll know it was David W

[@rosemarybrandl7895]

They are not 99 cents now, about $60.

[@CriminOllyBlog]

@@rosemarybrandl7895 ouch!

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I’m obviously a weirdo but I do like the fancy books. Of course I have the ebook as well. Of course I do.

[@InsertTheCoin1997]

Been looking for dune from easton press video since forever

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I’m glad to have helped with that!

[@douglaswilliams6834]

Ordered this edition today.

[@Johanna_reads]

That edition is gorgeous, and I’ve never seen that one before! Haha! David the inheritor of so many books! He’ll need to inherit a manor as well! 😁

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I’m not sure David would get along with Roger.

[@terrysullins9218]

I love you and I love your channel. I read dune and it was very good.

[@BrandonsBookshelf]

ohhh what a lovely book. Easton is so good!

[@MichelNJoia]

This is one of my favorite sagas!! Herbert writing it's incredible! Have you seen the movie from 2021?? It's one of my favorites from last year.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Haven’t seen the new movie yet. It’s encouraging that a Dune fan like you thinks it’s good!

[@MagusMarquillin]

Your edition suits you, making it look like an even older book - save for that dope interior art. I've got a Dune first edition hardcover (a gift from my Aunt) which I finally read last year, unfortunately the dust jacket is being held together with tape and glue, and more bits get loose whenever I handle it. I've actually found 1st editions to all of Frank's Dune books, save for Heretics of Dune, and they're all in better condition. So apart from needing to finish that collection, I'm pretty happy with them...but, for Dune itself there's a 1978 edition full of gorgeous John Schoenherr illustrations, and I really covet that. At any rate, I think I need something to read more casually, cause I really loved the story and the prose.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

If you have the first edition in any condition that’s amazing!

[@johnmooney9403]

Great review Michael. Not read Dune yet, but will read sometime soon.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

It’s great! Thanks so much for watching!

[@tonygriego6382]

A beautiful edition of a landmark book. I went with the Folio Society myself.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

That Folio Edition looks really great.

[@jasongeis679]

Dune is a favorite of mine so I have this edition as well as the Folio and the Centipede Press. Before you crown the folio as the nicest, you may want to check out the Centipede (which is my favorite of the three). All are quite nice.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I didn’t even know about the Centipede edition. I bet that one is a tad expensive.

[@jasongeis679]

Yes, it was not cheap on release and is worse now on the secondary market. But, if you are a fan, it’s worth your time to at least check it out via photos and videos online. Even if it’s never an edition you may pursue, it’s still cool to see what’s out there. Cheers!

[@jamesfetcho6315]

I'm a person that has read the 1st book twice...because I couldn't understand the huge love of it, and thought I missed something the 1st time. I didn't dislike it. I liked it , but I never understood the gigantic praise. I agree it has been influential in a lot of other books, and movies. Also I really didn't like the ending of the 1st book. JMO. Hahaha. Dumping books on David's lawn. LoL 🤣 I will be there picking through them. Great Video Michael 👍😁👍

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

At least you like it better than The Lord of the Rings!

[@jamesfetcho6315]

@@michaelk.vaughan8617 Big Time 👍😁👍

[@tommonk7651]

Absolutely love Dune. Just an awesome sci fi novel!! Certainly one of the best.... What would be the top 5, in your opinion? Ender's Game, probably. I'm not a connoisseur of sci fi.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I will have to think about a top five. That’s a good idea for a video. Thanks !

[@troytradup]

You sort of touched upon my one quibble with Easton Press -- namely that there seems to be little editorial involvement with any of the texts they reprint. I'm particularly thinking of their Tolkien set(s). They're gorgeous, but they don't incorporate any of the hundreds of corrections that have been made since they were first printed (Folio's set has the same issue). I own the Folio edition of Dune and it IS quite awesome, although they did a limited edition with gold binding instead of silver that feels like a better fit for the story. That limited edition was $700, though, so my silver one is just fine in the end. Speaking of Folio, their new edition of The Haunting of Hill House just prompted another four-book order from me this week. Between current hits to my 401K and Folio's ongoing assault to my savings, I may as well just abandon the idea of retirement altogether. Ah well.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Yes, all Easton can do is make a beautiful fancy pants 👖 version of an existing book. At least it seems so. But they are really nice volumes.

[@stews9]

Michael, you touch upon our common dilemma among book accumulators of what will happen to our collections once we sojourn afar for a final time in this iteration of sub-reality. (?) None of my kids want them. No library wants them. (Librarians actually hate books, I've discovered, and are concerned only with culling them.) No colleges want them. I'm not important enough to have the Gene Stewart Collection at a university library basement. So ... ? Maybe we need to institute the Book Tuber Memorial Collection Book Pile.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I think we should all just have our personal libraries dumped on David Wiley’s lawn after we die.

[@jeremyfee]

I really enjoyed the new film version of Dune, but what do I know? I'm easily entertained. I wonder how long it'll take them to make another new Dune movie. You may be waiting a long time. I've read all 6 books in the Dune series. I have the nice orange "deluxe" edition of the book, though I really like your Easton Press edition.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

That deluxe edition looks really cool.

[@glockensig]

Half of Dune us like half of a doughnut!!

[@pamelatarajcak5634]

Since you haven't seen the newest film yet, what are your thoughts on the Lynch film of 1984?

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I thought it was mostly terrible. It did have some things in it that I liked. The cast was top notch.

[@2025Mindfulness]

Unpopular opinion, I've tried twice to get through that book and haven't been able to do it. As far as the book to keep, Easton Press looks beautiful.

[@jamesfetcho6315]

I'm kind of with You. I've read it twice 2 see what I've missed. LoL. I didn't hate it. I liked it, but I don't see the Hype as it being the greatest Scifi book.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

If you ever try to read it again just picture all the characters as Muppets. It will be better.

[@jamesfetcho6315]

@@michaelk.vaughan8617 LoL

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

I need to reread Dune. I only have a Kindle version. I have no interest in watching any of the movie versions. Are you sure it’s safe to announce who’s getting the treasures in the vault before you kick the bucket?

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

That might have been unwise. David might be sending Ninjas 🥷 to The Manor at this moment.

[@anotherbibliophilereads]

@@michaelk.vaughan8617 I’m sure Rhonda could take out a few ninjas.

[@einnorw]

youre like the reviewbrah of lit

[@jobuckley2999]

Would you eat half a cookie or do you need the whole cookie? One half Dune is better than no Dune. We are talking about cookies right? If Dune has good characters and tastes good I may try it. Nice copy.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Thanks. I need the whole cookie or I will be left emotionally unsatisfied.

[@hyperguyver2]

I love these editions but danm I cannot justify over $200 for a hardback edition of Dune

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

That’s because you have good sense! I never developed that.

[@DDB168]

It looks like a nice edition with the construction and binding but....but.......the cover !?!? It's kinda got a Tolkien/LOTR thing going on. I prefer the picture on the opening page title. Maybe just rip that out and stick it on the front ? 🤣🤣 I think it's the best scifi book - but I havent read enough scifi. Although I really do love A Fire Upon the Deep, I'd put that up there (almost) with it. I tell you what doesnt come close to it - that Lord of the Snooze trilogy. 😴😴 Cop that LOTR tragics. I might have to make a video 😉😉

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Watch out, you are going to end up with angry torch waving hobbits outside your house DDB! That Dune cover was definitely an odd choice.

[@kimesch9698]

Lucky David Wiley.😉

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Not really. I’m planning on living another 100 years.

[@888mikelondon]

Movie is good.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I’m really glad to hear that.

[@paulmonahawk4921]

Dune or Lord of the Rings? I tend to veer towards Dune myself…!

[@carenome1]

Dune is sci-fi. LOTR is fantasy. Can't compare apples to oranges. Both are the epitome of their genres.

[@paulmonahawk4921]

@@carenome1 a dead heat then! I view Sci fi and fantasy as being inexorably linked there are loads of similarities between Dune and LOTR.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Lord of the Rings might win there….maybe…

[@thelifeandtimesofjames4273]

I thought the latest movie was amazing. Turned me around on Dune. Having once watched the old film that made me dislike everything about it so why read the book? Now I want to read it.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

I’m glad the new movie is actually good. Yeah, that first movie….

[@AJ_Dunn]

You know how I feel about this one. 🤢🤮😴😅 I like your edition, though.

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

Well, I know it’s no Cujo! Oh well!

[@AJ_Dunn]

@@michaelk.vaughan8617 All I ask for is some tension and suspense. Sadly, I didn't get that with _Dune._

[@sgriffin9960]

No, you are not a normal person. In a good way! 🙃

[@michaelk.vaughan8617]

At least it’s in a good way. Thanks!