>Tolkien does not elaborate, leaving the reasons for his intense dislike as an exercise for the reader
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Pure speculation, but maybe because it was bad? In classic traditional terms Dune is not very good, even the first novel, which I enjoyed a lot. It’s not well mapped and thought out. Or logical or consistent within its defined world. On the surface, compared to something like the Rings, it seems a little lazy.
If you don’t appreciate its bizarre charm like I do (do you remember the last line of Dune? Was that insane or what; like a bad punchline after a long byzantinian joke), and I’d guess Tolkien didn’t, I can see him disliking it a lot.
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>Tolkien does not elaborate, leaving the reasons for his intense dislike as an exercise for the reader
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Pure speculation, but maybe because it was bad? In classic traditional terms Dune is not very good, even the first novel, which I enjoyed a lot. It’s not well mapped and thought out. Or logical or consistent within its defined world. On the surface, compared to something like the Rings, it seems a little lazy.
If you don’t appreciate its bizarre charm like I do (do you remember the last line of Dune? Was that insane or what; like a bad punchline after a long byzantinian joke), and I’d guess Tolkien didn’t, I can see him disliking it a lot.