Dune

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Summary: I have read this book before, and I will read it again....
Review: because it is one of the best books I have ever encountered. The first time I read it was when I was 13 years old. I remember my teacher tapping on the cover as she walked by my desk, and telling me how wonderful it was--and she couldn't have been more right. Now many years later, at the ripe old age of 22, I cannot tell you how much this book has influenced my writing. I advise everyone to read it--even if you have never considered yourself a sci-fi fan, you will be able to appreciate Frank Herbert's well crafted story and awesome genius that is Dune. ***Leticia Rodriguez

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Summary: The only book you can read over and over and over and.......
Review: No words could describe the value of this work. Each time I read it was like the first time, I always found something new that made me appreciate always more this book. It seems that between one reading and another, F. Herbert had added some new particulars, some new characters, or underlined one characteristic. I've already read this book 6 times and I don't think I'll stop here. A world saga that will remain the best in time. Dune world is so well described that you cannot think it's not real. You feel yourself in the Arrakis planet with Paul Atreides and you can also smell the spice in the hot air of the desert. It's simply unbelievable 'til you don't read it... and also after. It's "an experience".

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Summary: C'mon, it's not THAT good
Review: Would you find believable a world in which travel through space is commonplace, but people still fight with swords? Would you find intersting characters so flat the author has to tell you over and over how wonderful they are? This book has some good ideas (well, one -- working out how one would survive on a world with little water). The plot is engrossing enough, if you don't choke on the bad writing. But as far as I'm concertned, this book belongs in the category of "Star Trek level science fiction."

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Summary: The best book of all time
Review: If there were only 1 series of books that I could keep I would choose Dune by Frank Herbert over all others. Over The Lord of the Rings, over Ursula Leguins Earthsea trilogy (quadroly?). It is a classic both in the world of Science Fiction and of all literature. The revolution that takes place is so realistic it could be happening outside you window. When you finish you check the news to make sure it isn't actually happening, and when you realize that it isn't you pick up the sequel and when you finish that you read the next 4 in the series and then you read it again

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Summary: None the better
Review: Read it. Just read it and find out fet yerself

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Summary: Great sci-fi, even for the uninitiated
Review: One of the great enjoyable science fiction books that all of my friends and their friends were reading in college at the same time. Many of these people were not science fiction fans, yet they enjoyed the book immensely. Here is the greatest recommendation that I can make: my wife loved the book! She is very discerning about what she reads and loves a good yarn. As a matter of fact she's knitting me a sweater right now. :) She so fell in love with this book that she started one of the sequels and found it a crashing disappointment. So did I. Don't miss "Dune"

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Summary: Looking for a mystery ? Choose Dune again and again.
Review: Warning reading this book can become a habit. What can you say about the first book in this cult story, which hasn't been said before ? Well for instance, if you are looking for the best in this genre, and haven't read it ? Do so, you won't be able to put it down, untill you have read it from start to finish. After this time, I wouldn't be surprised if you would rush out and buy the seaquel. The highest recommendation a book can ever get is: the envolvement of the reader. While reading this book, you will with all possible guarantees fell like you yourself was on Dune, feeling the mysterious customs and fascinating scenary and characters. Dune has all the ingredients of an all time classic. - Suspence - Deeply described characters - Deciet - Thrills - Love - Mystery If you haven't yet read it do so, and you'll find that come a few days you would like to read it again and again. Happy reading

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Summary: Completely Engaging
Review: Dune is not only a Sci-Fi masterpiece, it is (in this reader's opinion), a literary masterpiece. It is a fully realized world, peopled with interesting, and very real characters. Dune has no rival, and has no equal in the annals of modern fiction. This is my third reading, and every read brings more depth and understanding of the novel. It is one of the few novels I will actually re-read every few years, and enjoy it as much or more than the first time I read it. One of the best works of fiction ever.

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Summary: A truely original masterpiece.
Review: How often does an original idea come along? What the Lord of the Rings did for fantasy, Dune did for science fiction. A Desert World peopled by an entire race devoted to a single great cause! Often imitated,(Robert Jordan's Aiel come to mind)but never matched for scope and passion, this book brought Science Fiction out of the pulp paperback market and brought it into the main stream. May the worms of Arrakis live forever! Ken Barnes ([e-mail])

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Summary: The first and greatest of the Dune series
Review: Can I say more than what already has been said about this book? Dune is easily the most enthralling book I have ever read. Frank Herbert has managed to comment on many of our greatest worries (e.g. energy, religion, drugs), weaving them into a tapestry of interstellar proportions. The work takes place in the far future, where the politics of an entire universe is dependent upon a drug (Melange) which can be mined on only one planet: the desert Dune. Plot twists and intrigue abound in this greatest of Herbert's works. One small detail: if you read this work, be sure that you will read each of it's sequels (and there are five). Still, this is as pleasing of a punishment as you ever will receive, so take the risk!!