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Summary: This book will change your life. Period.
Review: No more needs to be said about the Dune Chronicles - the continuous string of 10's on this ratings page are enough. I read this book when I was 14 - two years on, I have read it and all its sequels many times over. It is my bible, it is a piece of genius from a writer who truly understood the human universe and the laws which govern it. Read it, and remember: "It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past" - Leto II
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Summary: A life changing experience
Review: The Dune Chronicles are the most richly imagined, fleshed out books in history. Never before has an alien landscape come alive like Dune has. There is not one facet of life Frank Herbert does not touch on. This book makes one long for the future. Frank Herbert gives us hope that as a race we will survive and, indeed, flourish, beyond our wildest imaginations.
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Summary: It's a great book for all!
Review: I picked Frank Herbert out of the air for a school author project and I am so glad that I did! The detail of his book Dune led me through the story from beginning to end without any weak spots a reader has to wade through in other books. It is easily readable by any one from high school and up. It's a great book and should be read by anyone wanting to get away from it all without getting away from it all!
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Summary: Dune-Great Book!! A work of Art!
Review: Dune by Frank Herbert 517 pages
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons/New York
The shields are down. The Duke has been shot. The Harkonnen are approaching
Arrakeen. Dune is filled with excitement and suspense. It's an experience of the future. Will the Atreides defeat the Harkonnens? Or will they be left in ruin? I think this is the
best science-fiction book I have ever read. There is a lot of action and you can
understand most of the things written. There were only a few parts where I was a little
lost, and I didn't know what was going on. There were manythings I liked about this book that kept me "hooked" in. The first thing is the suspense. The things Frank Herbert
wrote just kept making me want to go on to the next chapter and on."
I thinkDune is an excellent book and everyone should give it a try. I highly recommendthis to anyone. There isn't anyone who doesn't like action and excitement.
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Summary: The best sci-fi series of all time.
Review: I have read the entire 6 books 3 times and the last two a few more times just by themselves. For me Dune captures everything that an epic should. I agree with virtually everyone else that the movie shouldn't be seen, however, when I first read Dune at the tender age of 10, I didn't know what was going on and seeing the movie was like a simplified version. Following the movie (which left a lot of unanswered questions and inconsistencies begging an answer) I read the graphic novel which I'm not quite sure helped anymore than the movie as it was an even more simplified version of the film. I embarked on the quest somewhere in the mid-eighties and was absolutely hooked. The first book came and went - I found it answered my questions but also left me feeling ripped off at having one of the greatest novels ever written portrayed so badly - weirding modules - Pah! In its defence however it did give me a mental image to go by when picturing the Harkonnens, the planet Arrakis (or Rakis??) and the almightly sandworms, Shai-Hulud (or Schmai-Gunug from the National Lampoon Novel "Doon" which only a true Dune fan will properly enjoy, and for anyone that hasn't read it - find it because it is hysterical!!) Anyway, the series explained a lot to me. Someone above said you have to THINK about Dune to understand it. I believe reading and re-reading the novels give you fantastic edge it problem solving and clear thinking. The author's views on the manipulation of the masses by the few, about religion and politics sharing the same cart, etc. is absolutely mind-bottling. You cannot help but feel humbled by the experience, and empowered by what FH believes mankind with develop - the mental and physical reckoning that come only come through controled breeding. The sci-fi aside (melange, snadworms etc.) gives us more than a short term view on our life expectancy. We are so consumed by what will happen to own lives in the next decade, our corporations and even our country in the next 50 years even - where is the long term thinking, the planning, the strategy? I might have more to say next time, but it has to be one of the greatest lessons to learn about noble purpose and to live the lives of the Duncans and the Divided God! Well done FH!!
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Summary: Read the Series
Review: I only read Dune after I had seen the movie (2 hour version) and was overwhelmed! I then proceded to read the rest of the series (6 books) and tape all three (the two, three and four-hour) versions of the movie. The book Dune is one you must read thru at least twice, including the glossary and index before all the ramifications of the 'history' start to become clear (The Butlerian Jihad, for example) and the realizations will change your first impressions, and so you will READ IT AGAIN!! I would love to read a 'prequal' of this series, but alas, for naught. For a great time on a rainy Saturday, get all six, sit down, and read them in order. You will not be disapointed.
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Summary: Dune series well worth reading!
Review: The series of 6 Dune books stand out as the most important works I have ever read. I pity those who have never read all six. They are a great gift to humankind. Warning: You need to THINK to get the maximum value out of them
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Summary: Dune the book
Review: This is by far the finest work in SCI-FI writing I have ever read, it even exceeds novels written by Arthur C. Clarke. The person gallery and scenery is descricbed as beautifull as it can be, much like the Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien. If any one is interested in SCI-FI, this is the book to read.
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Summary: Excellent!
Review: One of the most outstanding novels ever written. After first finishing it, I read the glossary, and began again on page one. Each reading yields new knowledge, and I have read it approximately twice a year since it was first published. Recommendation without reservation, and I would not consider myself a sci-fi reader.
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Summary: To enter the new millenium in peace, understand Dune.
Review: Dune, written in the year I was born, holds the singular distinction of being the novel that introduced me to the literary world of science fiction. For it's time, the concepts brought forward by Herbert were astonishing in perception and grand in execution. I was mesmerized, totally. It has been 20 years now since I first read Dune, and I've fully re-read it 6 or 7 times in that span. Brilliant sums it all up. Postscript:
The film totally f***ed the original vision, and it ruined the mental pictures formed by Herbert's elegant descriptions. Yes, I read the novel before watching the film. DON'T WATCH THE FILM !
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