What’s one type of art you don’t get?

@helenS I don't really think it was made as a commercial article. Neither were his 5 other books.

It's just the 4th instalment of the entire Dune saga by Herbert.

1. Dune
2. Dune: Messiah
3. Children of Dune
4. God Emperor of Dune
5. Heretics of Dune
6. Chapterhouse Dune

There should be a number 7 too, but the guy died. It has some pretty deep parts. It's pretty philosophical. And sort of a criticism on how people perceive reality. Like the first book is about a society that because of it's superstitions finds a messiah figure that will lead them to some kind of undefined utopic destiny. The second one is about how that image of the messiah cracks because the person they adopted as their savior is just a human being. A special human being, but not a god. It criticises religion and the willingness of the masses to submit to someone that just pretends to be some kind of divine image. The 3th book is the fall out from the fall, and how others try to fill in the power vacuum with even more religious notions. How they change the narrative and how the people are being tricked because they just couldn't shake it off. And in the 4th book you actually see the consequences of this human tendency to cling together in tribes and follow some kind of "strong leader".

@Kwek00 Thank you. You appear to be a big fan.

@helenS Nah, not really. I read the first book more then once. But I never struggled trough the entire thing. And I actually wanted to see what the fuzz is about. It kinda had a cult following in the 60s. And a lot of people know Dune today, but have actually no clue what it's about. The guy that wrote it is really intrested in political philosophy and theology, and that's just something that fascinates me too. Some of his insights are worth pondering about. He also seems to capture a large time frame and how ideas evolve over time. It's just a fascinating read. But I thought the 3th and this 4th book... even tough they are intresting, aren't really books people would read if they are just looking for fiction. It's a bit like Huxleys' "Brave new World" or "Island"... the writer is trying to make you think about something, but the story itself isn't the most spectaculair or best written.