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Originally Posted by Balintherlas
I'm not sure if I'll read any of the other dune books, the ones his son wrote, I've heard bad things about them.
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I've read almost everything Dune-related and even saw that awful monstrosity that David Lynch created...
The books written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson are indeed nowhere near as good as the books that Frank Herbert wrote. In my opinion no one could have continued the story in the same way as Frank Herbert had planned it, but going by his notes and being his son, Brian Herbert was probably one of those few who could be pretty close to it.
The books written by him will most surely not be considered classics, but to a fan of the Dune series they do provide a certain closure, that Frank Herbert's unfinished series could not provide. You do get a feeling that things could have been better, but unfortunately Frank Herbert did not have the time to finish his work.
All in all his son's involvement is much the same as Christopher Tolkien's involvement with his father's literary legacy.