Dune

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Summary: Nothing compares to it...
Review: Dune is by far the best book I have ever read. I can't recommend it highly enough. I have never found myself so immersed in a fictional world. Words can't describe the beauty of it. Reading Dune is one of the few things I still vividly remember from my childhood...the experience was that intense.

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Summary: Dune [Abridged] - Audiobook
Review: This is not a review of Dune, per se, about which I cannot say enough good things. The audiobook, however, is extremely disappointing--at least relative to expectations. It is not an abridged version of Dune. It is a set of selected readings: it only contains four random selections for a total of 3.5 hours, drawn from across the entire original trilogy. My understanding of abridged is that a twelve hour or so book is reduced to eight or nine hours--usually done with audio books to make the story flow better to a listening audience. While it is very interesting to hear Frank Herbert read selected passages, this tape will not give you Dune.

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Summary: Dune Review
Review: Dune was a very complex book that followed a boy and his life to becoming a Messiah to the Bene Gesserit religion. It takes place on a desert world where water is vital and Paul Atreides, the main character, is a son of the duke of the planet. There are giant sandworms on this planet which stalk the planet and grow to over 1000 feet long. This book is very exciting yet somewhat predictable in parts. It invovles politics religion and how a society on this desert planet runs. I feel this book is very inspiring and very intrigueing. The characters are so well developed you feel as if they were your best of friends. I wish everyone could read this book to see how awe inspiring and enjoyful this book is.

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Summary: Enjoyable, If a Little Lengthy
Review: "Dune" is a Star Wars-like epic set on the desert planet of Arrakis. Overall, the book is very good, but it would have been a better read had the author tried to shorten the volume a bit. It takes a little while to get "into" and seems to drag on occasion.

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Summary: Masterful
Review: This book is the most original and well constructed book I have ever read. I have also noticed that many well known science fiction movies borrow from elments of Dune, such as the almighty Zarlack in "Return of the Jedi" cannot possibly be misconstrued as anything other than a giant sandoworms of Arrakis. This is obviously a winning formula. In seceral editions of Dune, a feviewer refers to it as being "a story that will live in the imagination of all those that read it" This could not be more true. This story is a wonderful construction and I for one believe it to be one of the greatest science fiction novels on this century.

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Summary: Predictable
Review: While Dune is an entertaining novel to read, I cannot help but feel that I knew exactly every move each character was going to make. This was the most predictable book I have ever read.

If you want to read a good book, read Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. Some may say that Jordan ripped a number of things off from Herbert, and there are many similarities between their works, but Jordan is the master, and Herbert was just a beginner. Also, there are a number of unexplained things, namely, how melange works to help you see the future. That is so bogus!

I do not recommend this book unless you are desperate to read some Sci-Fi/Fantasy.

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Summary: Dune
Review: This is my favorite novel of all time. I have read and re-read it since I was a teenager. Frank Herbert was an absolute genius. Science fiction is not usually my favorite genre of reading but this is the exception. I have the entire collection of Dune books including the rare Dune Encyclopedia. A must read!

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Summary: You won't regret
Review: Simply the best novek I have read. This not just a sci-fi novel. The world created by Herbert can only suit a envoirement in future. The story starts somehow complicated but soon you will discover the intelligence of the author. If you haven't read it yet, this must be first thing you have to read.

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Summary: Dune
Review: Dune is one of the most inspirational sci/fi books that I hav ever read. The technology in the book seemed to be extremely none feasible to the recent human culture thst sorrounds us as a people. The story of the chosen one,Paul Mau'dib a man that was given to the fremen as there saviour. He was the chosen one, the only male that could stand to the poisonious juice that only the benajesuits have the power as women to resist the power of the jui ce in order to become one of there own. As the story went on thw character of mau'dib feel in tot he world of the fremen and wanted to help them out of there fight for freedom . He was the only one that could do it for them. If he didn't do it he would just be wasting his talent. His talent to control the world in his fingers. He do it all he had the people afraid of what he could do , and it was all over one little insignifacant thing. He now controls the spice and will for a long time never be harmed.

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Summary: A Beautiful Work of Mythology
Review: Frank Herbert's DUNE presents a society and universe created entirely by the author. The story was very complex, and written wonderfully with just the right amount of discription. Herbert made up his own religions and forms of politics which are absolutely enchanting. One of the story's components was the classic "coming of age" tale. Paul, heir to a Dukedom, moves to the world Arrakis, aka Dune, where his father has taken control. However, a rival family isn't too happy about the situation. Thus unfolds a tale of conspiricy and wonder, and Paul is suddenly revealed as a legendary man foretold. I especially enjoyed the psychological accounts of Paul's metamorphis. However, I really didn't like the person he became, but I prefer this change. The book was a tad more political than sci-fi, and the story becomes rather entangled in itself. I was very impressed by the complete world Herbert created, but I found myself not as absorbed as I perhaps should be. The ending, the last couple pages, were rather disappointing, compared with other highlighs of the novel. There are many thought-provoking one-liners and symbolism in the book. However, I am still not absolutely enthralled with it. Still, I recommend this to any who enjoy fantasy worlds.