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Summary: One of the most thought provoking novels of all time!
Review: Frank Herbert creates an intricate and believable world set thousands of years in the future. From the mind altering spice to Bene Gesserit training to Guild Navigators...it's all perfect! What a remarkable concept! I can not reccommend this book enough. It will challenge you, thrill you and most of all entertain you!
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Summary: Classic in every sense of the word.
Review: This book is one of the best science fiction books ever written. It is a classic in every sense of the word. It is one of the (very) few science fiction works that will cross over to the list of General Classics.This book is not easy to read, but well worth the time and effort applied to doing so. Frank Herbert often presents an event and then "listens in" on the thoughts of those present. This could have made it seem tedious. But Herbert pulls it off inspiring rapt attention. This plethora of viewpoints is one of the strong points of the novel. This book includes many themes including: Fate, Duty, Honor, Despotism, Suffering/Hardship and its effect, Addiction, Sexual descrimination, Autocratsy vs Democracy, Power, Religious Ferver, Genetic Engineering and others. This book is a MUST READ!
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: Quite simply the greatest work of science fiction. Nothing compares
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Summary: One of a kind! The type of book you read several times!
Review: I've read this book five times now and everytime I get something different out of it. It is layers upon layers upon layers. The book touches upon themes including religion, government, social conventions, addiction, and selective breeding. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED!
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Summary: That against which all others are measured
Review: The pinnacle of the science-fiction genre. I've read some other good science-fiction, but there is alot of crap out there. After reading this book, you'll find it difficult to be satisfied reading hacks from then on.
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Summary: cool
Review: i love this book transformation of everyone within the book is interesting. the betrayals and secrets make the book more interesting.
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Summary: The most absorbing piece of fiction ever written
Review: There is so much to take out of this novel. Frank Herberts unique writing style is unmatched. Im reading the prelude at the moment and although its great to hear more of the story, you can tell that it does not stimulate the awe that Frank Herbert was so good at!
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Summary: A brillance that surpasses the farthest star
Review: I remember seeing the film when I was 11 years old. It was around 1987, I was spending the weekend with a distant cousin. She asked if I wanted to watch a movie-she mentioned a few titles including "Dune". The title caught my ears. I watched and was totally enraptured. When I turned 19, I had a job, and I sought out to buy the book. "Dune" is one of those novels that engrosses your entire senses. You can feel and walk through this world with infinite measure. The intrigue and the open tragedy of each characters affairs unravels seamlessly. As each character spoke and acted, I walked with them. Each presented a delicate thought for my appetite. Herbert, not to mention other writers like Anne Rice, capture you in a world of their own making without encroaching on your own imagination. Herbert reflects on the idealistic and strategic yet emotive wanderings of humans and aliens alike. Rice reveals a world of undone promises, wishes, sensual arrays, plots, schemes, and mental jewelry. I love soaking it up. I have yet to read the new saga presented by Brian Herbert, but I am eager. I have had so many books to read. I have had to put a hold on reading the last books in the series. However, I just began reading "God Emperor of Dune," and it is only getting better. This series is one of the best written besides the "Books of Narnia" and "Interview With The Vampire" series. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh rapture.....
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Summary: This masterpiece is one incredible spiritual trip
Review: Well,what can i say that hasn't been said already this is as i said is one incredible spiritual adveture for the your mind,one big spiritualistic trip on a foreign desert world. truly a classic masterpiece.
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Summary: everytime you read it you discover a new layer
Review: Dune is a true rarity in Science Fiction... A book that is excellent the first time you read it, and only gets better every time after. Don't worry if certain terms or descriptions seem wordy the first time, these are the "easter eggs" for those who enjoyed the story the first time and are hungry for more. I swear, every time I start this book, is seems like somebody snuck in about 20 new pages that I missed the first time. I love the way that Herbert writes tragedy instead of revelation. For example, the traiter's identity is revealed very early in the book, rather than at the act of trechary. This makes all the action up to that point seem tragic in ways that are rarely seen today. Sorry Darth Sidious, The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen has you beat for villany on all counts.
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