Whipping Star

Rating:
Summary: Stunning
Review: ( With the Dosadi Experiment ) one of the best books I have ever read! If you can manage to find a copy of this book, get it.

Rating:
Summary: McKie must circumvent ironclad contract to save Universe
Review: A Celedon has entered into a bizzare contract with a female sadist in order to understand life in our demension. The sadist has been brainwashed by the authorities not to inflict pain. The Celedon has no concept of pain and therefore is a perfect victim for the sadist. However, these sadistic actions will cause it to cease to exist. The Celedon has asked for Mckie's help to find loophole in the ironclad contract before the it and our universe cease to exist.

Rating:
Summary: Engrossing And wonderfuly written
Review: Frank Herebert's story is compelling and wonderfuly. I am not a real science fiction buff. But Frank Herberts work with this book was Phenominal. It gets a perfict 10

Rating:
Summary: God's origins
Review: I find the book so deep that only after the 5th reading I understood Herbert was trying to conjure a new way to look onto the creation of our universe from a VERY uncustom perspective. OK, so I read it 5 times, and I'm venturing into my 6th now. Willing to sell me your herbert collection, don;t hesitate to contact. :)

Rating:
Summary: Spellbinding
Review: I first read this book in 10th grade for a book report, and I loved it. I have read it a few times since. The theme of communication is wonderfully played out.

Rating:
Summary: "It is because you speak to me that I do not believe in you"
Review: One of the best short stories I have read, Whipping Star is most memorable for Fanny-May, an extra-dimentional Caleban whose death will mean the end of life. I definitely recomend it for any lover of fiction

Rating:
Summary: Professional Obstructors Meet Supernova Who Just Needs Love
Review: This was a clever book starring bureaucrats whose job is to intentionally derail governmental productivity and a sweet giant supernova named Caliban who just needs a little love. Together they must stop a wealthy & aristocratic S/M Mistress from destroying interstellar transportation. Reading this book will cause you to giggle like a madwoman.

Rating:
Summary: Wild and Whimsical Herbert
Review: Unique among his early works, this blends cutting-edge (for 1970) sci-fi concepts with subversive humor and -really- weird charaters for a great story you can polish off over the weekend. The scenes where Jorg X. Mckie tries to communicate with the Caleban are priceless. Too bad it's out-of-print... though I still see it in used book stores. Contact me if you want my copy!