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Summary: just perfection
Review: i found reality of life which comprise phscology, philosphy, sociology, politics,feticism, everykind of emotion in them. i m still reading god emporer of dune. it s very nice .i feel myself more and more in the story. sometimes i feel myself like leto and i m looking at the world from his point of view. i thank and congratulate Herbert because he wrote the best and longest of the written science fictions.
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Summary: THIS 5TH ONE IS A MASTERPIECE AGAIN.
Review: I HAD READ THE OPENING BOOK OF THE SAGA WHEN I WAS 15 SY OLD. THE 2ND ONE WHEN I WAS 21, 3RD IN 22, 4TH AND 5TH IN 29. AND I FEEL SO CONTENTED ABOUT THIS BIBLIOHISTORY. LOOKING BACK, I REALIZE THAT THOSE BOOKS HAVE BEEN VERY IMPORTANT ACTORS IN MOULDING MY PERSONA IN AS MANY WAYS U MAY IMAGINE AND AM HAPPY, LUCKY, FORTUNATE AND THANKFUL FOR THAT. I THANK HIM THE GRAND MASTER F.HERBERT IN HIS ABSENCE. I HAVE LIVED MANY HAPPY HOURS BY THE DIRECT EFFECT (CAUSE AND EFFECT) OF HIS BOOKS. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH, HAVE EVEN HAD GLIMPSES OF PURE THINKING (BY NOVELS !!!!) READING SF OF SUCH QUALITY OF PROSE - PLOT - CAPACIOUSITY - DETAIL MAKES ME FEEL AS WATCHING STARS IN A CLEAR SUMMER NIGHT, U ARISE OVER VULGARITIES (EVEN OVER URSELF) AND GET SOMEWHAT CLOSER TO THE NOBLE REASON......... PLS READ THEM, DOING URSELF A FAVOR.
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Summary: complex craftmanship
Review: This is a complex book, with an intricate plot, a maze of well-developed characters, and descriptions wrought by a mature master of his craft in full command of his powers. At the detail level, Heretics of Dune is a better book than Dune itself, though it doesn't quite match the youthful energy of the earlier work. Nevertheless, this is a must-read!
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Summary: An awesome book, a "must read"
Review: This book contains all of the stuff you would expect from a DUNE book. Right down to the character reactions!
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Summary: I loved it
Review: My favorite seris in any genre in the Dune Saga and this novel is one of my two favorites of the seris. The original Dune and Heritics of Dune I have read 8 times compined. Over time the story of Heritics has placed it in the same leage as the original. Frank Herbert created a world unequaled in all of si-fi in Dune and then in Heritics he gave it a complete facelift. It is the only novel of the sequels that can stand on its own. If you have never read any Dune before you can pick this one up and enjoy it fully. Do it! A great novel!
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Summary: The Best
Review: I know some people like this book the least, and I guess their allow that freedom, but I think the last two books in the Dune series are the best. Heretics has a great plot, great characters, and great philosophy. 10 stars!
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Summary: Doesn't get started until the next book
Review: This book is good to read. I enjoyed reading it, but now, looking back, I'm not sure why. Because, once you finish the second trilogy, you realise that Heretics Of Dune is actually just a long, long run up to the final book.But even so, a lot happens here, and now, not having any Atreides from the initial Dune nuclear family to follow, we see the universe from the Bene Gesserit point of view. And something strange happens. We begin to like them. Up until now the Bene Gesserit have been a hindrance or a nuisance. They even tried to have Paul Atreides killed off more than once in the first trilogy. But now, after the Tyrant Leto's lesson, they are a changing people. And they are a sisterhood fighting to stay in touch, for Leto's universal shake-up caused a mingling of humanity that has resulted in a band of fearsome women called Honoured Matres. And the Honoured Matres don't have anything but digust for the Bene Gesserit. And so begins a plot to... do something. For all the way along we are kept as confused as the main characters. Only the Bene Gesserit's Mother Superior knows what the final objective is, and she's not telling anyone anything they don't need to know. Even the people executing her plan don't know what it is they're ultimately aiming for, and this does add to the intrigue. This is a great book, despite it becoming so obvious that the real ending will be found within the next book: Chapterhouse Dune. Although Chapterhouse would make little sense without first reading Heretics Of Dune - so read it.
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Summary: Too much forced philosophy, not enough characters and plot.
Review: This was a disappointment. The first fifty pages are sequences of endless flaskbacks. Herbert's idea of improving his characterizations is apparently going over their cliche-ridden childhoods and describing them directly in the process. The "philosophy" was artificial and thrown into the book to make readers feel intelligent. And what was the philosophy? Never limit yourself or your own power will destroy you by inviting opposition? Never allow "dependency infrastructure" to exist, while yourself becoming a "key log?" Always channel energies, which are easily tapped by religions? None of it has to do with the story, which is a ridiculous and implausible mix of futuristic technology indistinguishable from magic, bizarre mind-body lessons, and religions opposing the Bene Gesserit on the grounds of heresy. (And apparently, Jessica must have been an acolyte. I had always assumed she was some intermediate stage when they referred to her as a sister.)
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Summary: How to breed a sand-worm
Review: "Heretics of Dune" is a fascinating books. It has action, it has new terms of the dune universe and new ideas. But, it has no decent plot. Comparing to Dune, it has no plot. This may not be the book you should start with when reading the dune saga, but if you're familiar with Frank Herbert's Dune you would more than enjoy reading it.
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Summary: Not quite up to the name
Review: This book is quite phenomenal although it isn't quite up to the original Dune. That figures because Dune came in with a whole mess of new ideas and concepts. However, Heretics of Dune does possess new conflicts and characters that provide a new realm of imagination. The Bene Gesserit are dissected to reveal a couple secrets that could be exploited by the Bene Theilax or Honored Matres. The Matres presented a new challenge that was strong in numbers but not in control. I find the characterization a bit mysterious but that helped to kill empathy. All in all, Heretics was an achievement of science fiction yet couldn't live up to its name.
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