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Summary: Mental gymnastics.
Review: of all the science fiction books i've read this is by far one set apart. it's not cyber babes and explosions, but a thinking person's read. herbert's attention to detail and his ability to keep the story line intact throughout the book is uncanny. herbert has a tom clancy-esque ability for character development and details. it is not light reading, but it gives a unique insight to the possible future.
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Summary: This book was great!!
Review: I read Dune when I was in middle school. My dad suggested it. I loved it!! In some points, it was hard to understand, and in others, it almost scaired me, because of the amount of suspence. Frank Herbert had a very complex imagination while writing Dune. There are only two kinds of people, I believe, that could write a book as interesting as Dune. Either a genious or a lunitic. and I don't believe Frank Herbert to be a lunatic!
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Summary: Absolutely the most breathtaking sci fi tale ever written
Review: Herbert is like a prophet, he seems to have the same vision of the future that I do, the battles will keep you reading hours into the night, and the storyline seems to keep on rolling, and rolling, and rolling, never a stop in the excitement. The story begns on Caladan- the homeworld of House Atreides, The house is being "relocated" so to speak, to the desert planet Arrakis, otherwise known as Dune. The previous rulers there were the Atreides sworn enemy- The Harkonnens, when the atreides move in to take over, everything goes okay, for a while, then the Harkonnen treachery kicks in, and the Atreides duke is killed, the title falls on his son- Paul, yet he was thrown into the desert to die. The natives, known as the fremen, capture him then realize that he is the Lisan al Gaib, the voice from the outer world, a figure that their religion is based upon, Paul trains the Fremen in the way of battle that he had been taught his whole life. They become his army, and together, they take Dune back from the Harkonnens. If I could give this book more than 5 stars, I would, READ IT!!!!!
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Summary: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: okay, i read this book. i loved it... 2 years later i tried to read it again and i couldn't finish. yes this is a good book. i warn you though. don't read past the third book!!!! it isn't very good.i think you should read it. if you like it, read 2+3. if you don't like it then you don't. what ever it is a book! not the end of the world!!!
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Summary: Herbert scores a home run on this one!
Review: What a great story! I have always been a slow reader, so trying to get through a book the size of Dune is really quite an acomplishment for me. At first when I began to read this it startled me because it started off with a fast paced adventure which many long sci-fi novels lack. As I kept getting further into the plot I just got more inthusiastic. By the time it ended I was totally posesed by Herbert's writing. Today, even after a few years to forget the plot and stop reading more about Dune and the Fremen, I was stilled involved as I was before.When I was finished reading it I was so into the plot that I got the encyclopedia and looked on the net for more info. If you are interested in any good science fiction, this is the story to read. For those who are interested in some of the things in the book, the Dune Encyclopedia is a great resource and is fun to browse through.
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Summary: Not Bad
Review: This book isn't bad, however, it doesn't have the edge that some of the other classics have. The main attraction of Dune, is its characters and setting. I have to admit the plot gets monotonious and hard to read at times. The main reason that I didn't give five stars, was because the unreal change that Paul goes through to become prophet. He changes his personality, and thus the quality of the book (for the worse),
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Summary: The Best SF Book Ever!
Review: I know you've heard this before, but Dune is the best science fiction book of all time. The first time I read it, it was difficult to read, yet well worth the effort. The size of the glossary at the back of the book may scare off some readers, but how can you truly portray a galactic empire thousands of years in the future without such complexity? The characters are still recognizably human, given that their societies are so different from ours. We can still relate to them, even if one is on the edge of becoming a "messiah". Herbert incorporates religious and political (and even ecological) issues in his works which many SF writers dissmissively ignore. Once you've read this, you'll probably enjoy the rest of the series. About the movie: I'm willing to forgive David Lynch for a lot, simply because the movie exists. He had most of the plot elements, and most of the characters were done well (I don't like his version of the Baron). The movie was sadly incomprehensible to most who hadn't read the book, and fans of the book were overly critical of the movie.
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Summary: A book like no other. 15 years later, I can still recall it.
Review: Frank Herbert enthralls us with a future that is not only exciting, but plausibly realistic. Who can say where our destiny will lead us, for ours is a race of unimaginable, untapped potential. The thing here, though, Frank Herbert may have done just that, imagined it. I read this book about 15 years ago, and though I haven't read it again since then, I can still remember some of the most minute details. In this day of turn-stile novels, pumped out as fast as an author can make up a new title, that truly says a lot. I read a few reviews back, that the said critic knew what was going to happen after he read 10 pages... Well, all I have to say is that he must have been consuming some Spice! I wish I could rate this book at 10 stars, just to make up for the immature slight against one of the finest Sci-Fi novels ever written. Thank you, Frank Herbert, for allowing me to experience a piece of your imagination!
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Summary: Mere words cannot do justice
Review: Dune: Quite simply the most enthralling book I have ever read. Herbert's attention to detail and vision are unequalled and this book is a testament to this.
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Summary: Classic Sci-Fi Novel!
Review: This classic is one of my favorite novels, of which there are few. I strongly recommend you add this great adventure to your list of "to read" You will love it!
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