Dune

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Summary: GREATEST NOVEL OF ALL TIME!
Review: This is my all time favorite book, it is just wonderful, imaginative, and adventurous. I totally got into this book with it's: Wonderful characters, plot, villians, THE FREMEN! It is just wonderful, I reccomend this to everyone! There has been a movie, but I believe the movie, for lack of a better word, SUCKED! I don't believe this book can be brought faithfully to the screen, because of it's intense thoughts and backgrounds of the characters that can not be done effectively in films. It will probably remain my all time favorite book, also I will read it many, many times more...IT'S THAT GOOD!

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Summary: Harder to Read, but Worth the Effort
Review: This book is not light reading.

That is, ironically, because it is so well written.

Herbert creates a universe so rich, so real, that he often needs to explain subtle parts of its history and environment to you. So it's not rapid-fire action at all times.

The story, though, is well worth it. One of the greatest ever written. I remember, years ago, reading that it had sold "ten million copies", some kind of record at the time. Surely it has sold more, now.

This novel is brilliant, and worth the effort. Think of the time it takes as the long drive from home to Disneyworld.

For those who care: One obvious thing Herbert was trying to examine was how a "hydraulic monopoly" effects society. This is when something essential to existence is controlled by a single authority.

He also looks deeply into politics, religion, and economics in general.

But it's all done in the context of the story, not as boring lectures, and you need never even be aware that it's happening, you can simply be captivated by the story itself.

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Summary: Beautiful
Review: Oh my goodness! That book is so amazing. You have to read it to belive it. I was introduced to Dune through the movie, which is also really interesting. (If your looking for a really different movie to watch go for Dune. It gives you really great pictures to think about when your reading the book) Wow! The book was so cool. Yes it was a little hard to understand, and yes it didn't explain everything that happed in the book in perfect detail. BUT that leaves more up to your imagination. As other reviews have stated you can't say nearly enough good things about this book, but maybe the sheer number of reviews should tell you something about how great this book is. If you have never thought of yourself as the kind of person to read SF, but you've decided to give it a try Dune is a great book to start with. It gave you a great view of religion, politics, and the depths of the human condition. I loved it. Hopefully you will/do to.

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Summary: A master peice
Review: This is a very intersting novel. I really enjoyed reading this book. I don't like reading books, but this one will keep you turning pages. I've allready started on the second book. I do (however) reccomend watching the movie first. It will make it alot easier to understand. But! other than that. it's a really good book!

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Summary: Wow!
Review: This is easily the most hardcore sci-fi book I have ever read. I don't know what Herbert was smoking, but I wish I had some. I feel sorry for all the people who saw the movie and figured the book was that bad. Their loss. The complexity and imaginative power that this book reveals is truly amazing.

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Summary: The Vote is in.
Review: Well, after reading all of the other reviews on Dune it is pretty clear that most people feel that Dune is rightfully one of the classic Sci-Fi pieces. I agree, as one of the first science fiction books I have ever read it was imaginative, complex, and full of emotion and not that BS emotion like some SF/Fantasy novels have but a real-life connection to the Paul and the other characters. ( )

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Summary: An awesome book for adults and older children!
Review: This is the second-best book ever in my opinion. Out of all the pages of the three books in it, I only found 2 spelling errors! I like how the author put in words that are not real, and putting the dictionary of them in back. It was sort of hard to read, and my dad said it was suppose to be. It's so long that I even forgot my favorite character's name! It reminds me of The Martian Chronicles, except with war and it is not so confusing, and that they are on Arrakis, instead of Mars. It is about a boy who moves from the ocean planet, Caladan, to the desert planet, Arrakis, also called Dune. The author put in the unique idea of "The Spice" and the Giant Sand Worms. I would give this book 4 stars and 9/10 but I can't so I gave it five! The second book was kind of like everything is ruined. That is what made me take out 1/10 of a star. If you ever read or saw Return to Oz (The sequal to the Wizard of Oz) it is sort of like that. Overall this was a good book.

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Summary: DUNE the best Sci-Fi I've ever read!
Review: I've read lots of science fiction books like all the Star Wars triologies. Dune is the #1 book, it's very complex and you get involed with each of the characters. It's an exciting story and I read the book in a week and I'm pretty young.

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Summary: The best book ever written
Review: I only read Dune this year, but I ended up reading it two timesin a row. This is, by far, the best book ever written in humanhistory. I've made Dune my Holy Book. I've never seen /anything/ as richly detailed in politics, religion, and description as Dune.

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Summary: Forget the Bible!
Review: I worship my lord Frank Herbert. Get down on your knees and embrace the power of Dune. Only then may your retched souls be saved!