The Sand is Covering My Understanding

Dune. Am I supposed to know what is going on in this story all at once? Fiction is great and all, but I really have no idea what I am reading at the start of this book. Granted I have heard this is a grea read, and I am not going to write it off completely. I just wish I knew what some of these words meant.

Then again, I think every book I have read recently does this to me. Except I really dislike the way Dune has done it. The words they use all have some sort of Turkish or Mid-European crazy origin that for some reason annoys me. Words I have a hard time sounding out in my head annoy me. And that is what this book throws at you in the first chapter, along with a whole bunch of terms that I don't recognize or understand.

We are given this boy who is special somehow or another. Whatever. He has a mom who has a mentor or teacher that is supposed to judge him. He is the prince of some well off or established kingdom? I should probably re-read the first chapter, because all I got out of it was that he was tested and passed and the boy has an uncle who wants him dead...maybe?

All in all I know this will be something that grabs my attention, but maybe I picked it up during a time where I have too much on my plate. I only did read the first chapter, so it's not like I will have to back track too far if I do decide to start over.

Well...they (who they is I do not know) always did say the second time is a charm!