The first movie for the Dune adaptation has been screened. According to a Variety summary ‘epic world-building visuals, but the story drags under its own weight’ is the broad view from the critics at the screening. Though, as you might expect, Variety also looks at Twitter and gives the impression that it has been astro-turfed with gushing and squeee-ing. If you were thinking of trying to get into the audiobooks before the movie arrives on your screen, I puzzled out the order / readers back in 2018.