I learn via Publishers Weekly that there’s yet another Dune book coming out in August. PW doesn’t recommend the book, writing “[t]he lengthy climax relies on at least four consecutive deus ex machina bailouts, eventually devolving into sheer fairy tale optimism.” But my question is, when does it stop? When will Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson think they’ve exhausted Frank Herbert’s original creation? Via Wikipedia, I learn they’ve already proposed another trilogy to follow this new book, after which they’ll have written twice as many Dune novels as Frank Herbert ever did. I’ll admit, I haven’t read any of those books — I’ve only read the first novel, Dune — and my impression of their being terrible (taken largely from Sharon, who has read them, or some of them) could be wrong. But seriously, will it stop? Or will Brian Herbert’s kids take over when he dies?