Dune Fanatics discussion

I read Dune for the 1st time so long ago I cannot remember a time I did not know how important Spice is.

I know it was about the same time I was reading many of the other Classics in Science Fiction and Fantasy canon. What strikes me now, some maybe forty years later is how much this book had an impact on my life and way of thinking - not just about the world around me but also looking inward towards my own motivations and identity.

And today, as I look through the landscape of what is our modern reading material I am hard pressed to find anything with as much depth or resounding thoughtfulness. Can anyone point me to a more contemporary writer who has been influenced enough by Frank Herbert's work to be worthy of reading?

I would like to know as well. but meanwhile I'll be Reading the whole original Saga again.

I could say Enders Game the whole series did this for me. and I would read them in chronological order. Or read Enders game then start reading in chronological order.