I re-read Dune about 20 years after I read it the last time, fearing that I remembered the book through the naïve eyes of a teenager. I wasn't disappointed; Dune is what I remember and a bit more.

Dune is a very well written, very readable stand-alone book. You can just read Dune and get a lot from it, yet the book feels round enough and it doesn't feel like a sequel is necessary.

My feeling is that the author didn't try to add too much in this book, and didn't expect to write a sequel. Also, I didn't find much of the philosophical load that the rest of books have, and many ideas feel a bit naïve.

Dune is a page turner, and you'll never regret reading it.