Dune

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Summary: Best book I have ever read.
Review: What more can I add to the reviews below? If you are at all interested in science fiction, history, mythology, politics, sociology, technology, psychology, or just about anything, this book holds something to interest you

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Summary: My absolute favorite book in the world!!!!!!!!!
Review: "From behind the headboard slipped a tiny hunter-seeker no more than five centimeters long. Paul recognized it at once-a common assassination weapon that every child of royal blood learned at an early age. It was a ravening sliver of metal guided by some near-by hand and eye. It could burrow into moving flesh and chew its way up nerve channels to the nearest vital organ." This "hunter-seeker" was in Paul's room and was set to murder him. He is the Duke's son and there is much reason to kill him but the question is who is the person or thing that is close enough to control the "hunter-seeker" and also wants to kill him. The only person he knows of that is close enough is the trusted Dr. Yueh. Dr. Yueh wouldn't want to kill him, would he

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Summary: Dune. The immortal masterpiece.
Review: Only the trilogy Lord of The Rings can be matched to this fascinating creation. The whole universe envolved in Dune seems to still exist. Surely, one of the greatest fiction creations of all time. It's really sad to know that Frank Herbert died some time ago, but, thanks anyway... Thanks, Frank...

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Summary: He who controls the Spice controls the Universe!
Review: Power! imagination! drama! a masterpiece!

Those are but a few of the superlatives that describe this book. Saying the least, Dune is the best si-fi book of all times. An unparalleled saga painted on the vast canvas of Herbert's imagination in vivid colors, but that metaphor is only a two-dimensional view of a manifold work. It's a complete Herbertian Universe with all the detail and intricacy of reality. No si-fi author gets close to the perfection he achieved here. The plot, or should I say plots, twist and turn in completely unpredictable ways, like the non-rhythmic dance of the Fremen. I am yet to see another author that eludes anticipation like Herbert.

The intrigue! The sophistication! So exquisite! The cast of larger-then-life figures in classical rolls, the Hero and the Villain, the Tragic and the Noble, Arch-typical yet not stereotypical. A unique writing style combining the broad objective view point of third person account, with the subjective "thoughts" of first person.

Not to mention the scope and the breath, Herbert plays out philosophical and political, environmental and religious themes with unmatched canny. He was a thinker way ahead of his time, way ahead of OUR time! Maybe future generations will appreciate his full genius. I can not think of any other book that surpasses Dune, with the possible exception of "God Emperor of Dune" on greater philosophical and political depth.

No si-fi fan that respects himself could miss reading this book, but it really is a classic you all should read.

"The truth carries the ambiguity of the word used to express it" (Frank Herbert -- 'God Emperor of Dune')

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Summary: one of the best ever written
Review: this is a book that I have enjoyed reading a couple of times a year since it came out. It is very well written and allows one to become involved in many of the characters lives. Despite being made into a very bad movie, the book continues to be an enjoyable read

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Summary: EXCELLENCE
Review: When I tried to read Dune in Jr. high or maybe it was high school It was to deep for me but I new that I would come back to read it. I am a star trek fan but, Dune is my favorite book over any star trek novel. It is deeply detailed to the point where I was wondering If Frank was from this place I found myself wanting to just jump into the book and become part of scene. It was also amazing to find so many non sci fi fans who have read the book. It just goes to show how ECELLENT the book was. "The Truth suffers from to much analysis" Paul Maud'dib (The Mentat Emperor)

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Summary: Alternative Reality
Review: This is The MASTERPIECE of Sci-fi.Its greatness is the ability of F.Herbert to create a real world with a realistic culture in such a way that the reader enters so deeply in this alternative reality that begins to think like a fremen would do and he can't look at the sand on the beach without thinking that it would be better to walk in a non-ritmic way because the worm can hear you.So you enter into a world you'll never forget and the words that the Bene-Gesserit say to fight the fear will never let you alone

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Summary: Good blend of ideas
Review: I read Dune when I was 13 years old. Even then I could recognize its philisophical blend of ecology, politics, the struggle for power, and the quest for a superhuman. The book has a pwerful plot with great characters. I believe Herbert was trying to set up a altered scenario of the role of religion in humanity. However, his fifth and sixth books were not a extension of the scenario but a prediction

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Summary: Marvelous!!!
Review: Two families, the Harkonnen and the Atreides, struggles to gain control over the desert planet called Dune. Assassinsations, traps, traitors, complicated social structures, and mysterious orders are briliantly woven together into this great epic. The atmosphere is so dense it sends earthquake shivers down your spine. One false move... And the desert planet itself hides more than one secret beneath the vast oceans of sand.

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Summary: Better than most, worse than few.
Review: Frank Herbert did a great job telling a story of an unknown world, and giving you a new perspective on many things. The problem with the book however, lies in the way he tells it, and the lack of detail at the climax of battle. It is an interesting story with a good plot, but it simply is the suspenseful page turner of the millinium.