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Summary: THE ALL TIME SF CLASSIC
Review: DUNE IS PROBABLY THE BEST SF NOVEL EVER WRITTEN. HERBERT HAD
CREATED A MASTERPIERCE OF WONDER. DUNE IS ALSO THE FIRST SF
NOVEL I EVER READ. I FIRST READ IT, WHEN I WAS THE SAME AGE
AS IT HERO PAUL ATREIDES. HERBERT COMBINES INTRIGUE, ECOLOGY
HOLY WAR AND ROMANCE. THE NOVEL HAS SUCH MEMORABLE CHARACTERS: PAUL ATREIDES, JESSICA ATREIDES, GURNEY HALLECK,
STILGAR, CHANI. THE NOVEL ALSO HAS SOME THE MOST VILE VILLAINS:BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN, HIS RUTHLESS NEPHEWS.
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Summary: "Dune"amic!
Review: Thanks to this book, I have a hard time picking a favorite story. I no longer want to be a jedi, but a Fremen leader! Such a great story, that you will keep it in the front of your library so you can read it again, and again
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Summary: Classic greatness
Review: I read this book, whole series for that matter, several years ago. While DUNE is the best known and the best written story of the series, don't let that stop you from reading the sequel's. Like all good sci-fi, it presents you the customs and attitudes of beings in completely different surroundings that seems to come out of present day situations. The value of commodities is directly related to it's abundance. Here, water covers 2/3 of the planet. How much more value would it hold for us if it were as hard to get as gold or oil? Dune shows us just what life might be like in such a place. This is a definate "must read" if you are a sci-fi fan. Better even than Star Wars
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Summary: New, genuine idea.
Review: It is one of the most favorite sci-fi books in 2nd half of 20th century. I think it ows its popularity to ONLY ONE great idea -- "The less you explain things to a reader, the more interesting it is to read the book". There is absolutely nothing new in this book except the way F. Herbert is telling about events in the book. It's like he's telling it to a person who actually lives there. The worst books I have ever read, especially sci-fi, just explain TOO MUCH! They make everyone feel like an idiot. What else can I say...? Bravo, Mr.Herbert!=
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Summary: Dune is the definition of the word masterpiece.
Review: Never before have I loved a book so much. Dune is
easily the best science fiction I have ever read and probably ever will. I read Dune and have not gone a single day without my thoughts drifting to the sands of Dune.
Frank Herbert has not only managed to tell a story that is unparalleled in detail, but he has done it in such a way that I will never forget the wonderful characters he has created. One can't help but look at the world in a different perspective after having read Dune. It has altered my way of thinking about literature and the untapped potential of the human mind. No books have ever taken such a strong grip on my imagination and buried themselves as deep into my thoughts as the magnificent Dune cycle.
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Summary: The Best Science Fiction Book of All Time!
Review: Dune is set in a harsh environment, not only ecologically, but politcally and socially, with a perfect dash of religion thrown in as well. It follows Paul Muad'dib through his route as a boy to his becoming of a great messiah -- the "hand of God".
With a great set of characters like the Baron Harkonnen, extremely to the side of sadism and sadistic thoughts, to the Fremen, a native people of loyalty and strength compared only by the way death accompanies life, to Duke Leto Atreides, an honorable man of strength and leadership. The characters, alone, are perfectly blended to make the novel of the century -- if not all time.
Frank Herbert has defeated all chances of being beaten in writing skill, with his wonderful way of explaining various physical and mental items through the use of little words and much of the readers imagination, as well as a wonderfully bound together plot which will draw you further into the story as you go along.
The first of six novels in the Dune Chronicles, it is also the best of them all, but not the best alone. If you read this novel, then you'd probably want to read the next five in the chronicles, as the experience, as good as it is in Dune, cannot be fully expressed without the completion of the series.
I'd give this book a higher rating, if it were permitted.
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Summary: Frank Herbert is a genius
Review: The only story that has ever come close to the Dune Saga's greatness is the Star Wars Trilogy
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Summary: The best science fiction book ever written.
Review: Dune was and still is the best science fiction book ever written. Frank Herbert takes you to the far reaches of the desert planet, Dune. In this all-time classic, Herbert creates a universal struggle for survival. His use of distinct and believable characters guide you through a story filled with honesty and trechery, loyalty and betrayal and gives you a sense as to what it takes to be true to yourself and your family
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Summary: The single greatest series of science fiction over dreamt of
Review: I read every book in the Dune series and must say I was angy he hadn't written ten more. The manner in which the story lines are crafted enveloped me in their imagination and originality, as I'm sure most who have read the books were. Herbert created a land of mystical triumph to which anyone could escape to immerse themselves in wild scientific fantasy. Few others can parrallel Herbert's acheivement. He along with others, such as Asimov, Bradbury, and Clark, have created worlds of imagery which we can only hope to follow from one book to the next
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Summary: Dune an exciting adventure
Review: The books of Dune are by far the best series of books I've read to date. Every year I go through the six books and I gain a little more political insight and theory from the books and they still retain the sense of adventure I got from my first reading. Frank Herbert's stunning display of human hardship is worth your reading. Thanx to Amazon.com for putting each into one cyber-place for purchase. Everywhere else I looked only had a couple of the series not the entire sextet
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