Dune

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Summary: This is one of the best books (& series) ever written.
Review: I've read Dune (at the subsequent 5 sequels) at least 6 times now over the past 20 years. It really changes your outlook on life. Frank Herbert had a wonderful sense of society and a great imagination to create such an astonishing world. David Lynch tried his best to capture that imagination when he made the film version of Dune. Visually, it's a great movie; however, it's difficult to capture all of the book's nuances in just a few short hours. If you've seen the movie, READ THE BOOK! If you haven't seen the move, STILL READ THE BOOK!

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Summary: Good, except for the characters
Review: I heard a lot about this book but when I actually read it I was not impressed. Everything in this book is great except the characters. They are overbearing and ridiculous. It is hard to read a book when you hate the characters.

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Summary: Frank Herbert created Dune to train the faithful....
Review: I've never read any other book as intricate as Dune that works as well as this one does. The diversity of the concepts and subjects Herbert touches on is seemingly endless, but what's more he covers everything in such grand fashion. Everything from a planet's ecosystem and its impact on the lives and very culture of its inhabitants, the consequences of being able to foretell the future, religion, self-mastery of both the mind and body, politics, leadership...it never ends. I'm also not as down on the sequels as some of the other folks here....I thought that the second book was pretty good, although admitedly it did not live up to the original. The 3rd and 4th books were very difficult to read through, it was a real labor of love to force myself to make it through them. But the 5th and 6th books were simply terrific, nearly equal to the original, and they made it worth reading all 6 without a doubt.

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Summary: Most Creative Book Ever
Review: I am currently two thirds of the way through this fantastic book and cannot put it down. It is quickly becoming the best book I have ever read. I first picked it up when I was twelve and read about 50 pages and then stopped and didnt pick it up again for four years and now I am almost through this amazing book. Do yourself a favor, if you are inteligent enough to understand it you WILL like it.

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Summary: over rated and over blown
Review: too long and sluggish. for pot heads and geek

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Summary: my favourite book of all time
Review: Dune was the first science fiction book I read, and 10 years later, it is still very much my favourite book. Don't be discouraged by the first 50 pages, it does get better once one has acclimatised himself to the language of Dune. Herbert does not try to impress with scientific jargon, instead he creates a fantastic political arena and a detailed eco-system that is totally convincing and dazzling. One reading of this book does not do it justice. Nor do any of the sequels. This is science fiction at its best, and I have yet to find anything else of the same standard.

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Summary: this is the best sci-fi story i have ever read...
Review: there are so many reviews here that you can read a bunch of it and find out the story. my review is neither a synopsis nor a critique of the story or of its author. read this book is all i can say. i am not a science fiction fan but this book was just awesome. i couldn't put it down and i will go through the adventure again. what i will say is that don't play the video game and don't watch the movie. read the book first and then see if you would rather read the book again or watch the movie or play the game; chances are you'll read the book. thanks herbert, you have made me want to ride a sandworm.

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Summary: Good Literature, but with declining moments.
Review: This is defiantly one of the most monumental novels of the century. The story is good, and pretty well written, but it has it's moments of completely and inexcusably boring & or stupid parts. I find that some of the descriptions are a little on the tedious side, but maybe that's just because I'm pretty young. I might learn to appreciate the depth of it, as I grow older. I find that descriptions in "The Wheel of Time" series are much more interesting then the ones Herbert writes. I also found it disturbing that the book went into so much detail of the Fremen life and religion. I know that this might be interesting for some people, but for me it was down right boring and not needed! And again, like with most long novels, the author could have told the story in half the pages! With all of the above rants, I must say that I did enjoy reading this book, but I really don't understand how it has such a strong following. Probably the best character development was with the Harkonnen's which are the evil guys. The Baron Vladimir Harkonnen was a very interesting character, as was his nephew the co-baron Feyd-Rautha. The best parts of the book are the first 200 pages, and then it starts to go down hill from there until the climatic last battle, which was superb! I can't give this book a full five stars because it was not the best I have read. I would, however, recommend it for people, but I'd even more recommend books by such authors as Tolkien, and Jordan. The ending of "Dune" was a bit of a cliff hanger, so I'm going to be going to read the next book in the series "Dune Messiah" hoping that the series will get even better as I go along. Enjoy the book!

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Summary: I feel guilty to take a shower now! :-þ
Review: I feel like I'm wasting water when I take a shower now.:) Oh what I'd give to be a Fremen walking the desert in my stillsuit catching a ride on a sandworm. This book is by FAR the most amazing book ever written. I find it hard to believe that Herbert is an Earthling and not Paul Atriedes, himself! The awesomeness of this book just cannot be described in a 1000 word review. DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND READ THIS BOOK!! Don't expect to be the same person afterwards!! The book feels like real life. I would love to live on Arrakis. It would be worth having to wear a stillsuit and live in the desert amongst the Fremen. This is the greatest book ever written (that I have read at least :)

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Summary: Deadly boring
Review: This book is supposed to be the most sold science fiction novel in the world. It's beyond my comprehension. I loved the computer game and the movie was OK, but in spite of several frantic attempts I couldn't force myself to finish the book. There's simply nothing going on in it!