I read Dune as a teenager. I found the original novel to annoyingly male-centered. It annoyed me to no end. I did like all the sciene and story telling, but it once again was pretty just all about men. The characters were rather shallow. The bad guys were coded as queer. I felt like the set up was good, it had a lot of potential to be great, but somehow all the awesome women set up were really there to serve men. ICK. There was a werid undercurrent of the best thing a talented, educated woman could be was a wife to a man and his support. I have no problem with women marrying, and supporting children, but it was sort of like that's what they were there for. That was their highest aspiration. ICK.