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Title: Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3) by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0-441-10402-9 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 (85 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Don't give Up on Dune
Comment: I can see how someone can get confused reading some of the reviews here. Some people love the politics and discussion of religion that dominates this book. Others are simply galled at the trudgingly slow plotline. I'll admit that after watching the plot grind slower and slower in the last book, Dune Messiah, I was looking for something that resembled Dune (book 1) in pacing. I didn't find it. After a few hundred pages I was so disgusted with the book that I put it down and shelved it.
But wait, there's more. After more than a year, I picked the book up again and resumed reading it. At first, I was a little lost in all the names and foreign sounding words I hadn't bothered to remember. After a while, without the expectation of the action from the first book, I came to appreciate that this is a richly written, if slow at times, great story.
My advice is to read this book even if you get bored with it. It has a great ending that segues nicely into the next books. This is the main reason I am glad I finished Children of Dune, the next installments of the Dune series were fantastic (good action too), more than rivalling the original one. Read Children of Dune (even if you don't like it) for the rest of the series which you will like no matter whether you like this or not.
Rating: 5
Summary: Next to Dune, the best of the lot
Comment: Children of Dune, the third book of the Dune chronicles, tells the story of the Atreides destiny after the disappearance of Muad'dib. The children of Muad'dib, Leto and Ghanima, now must take up the heavy burden left by their father. Old faces pop up, and there are many plot twists (but do we expect any less from Herbert's grand work?). The scope of this book is much broader than in Dune Messiah, which makes it a more enjoyable read. How can a series of books continue to produce, particularly under such heavy expectations? Who knows, but Children of Dune continues the rich tradition of the series
Rating: 3
Summary: Child of Dune might have been a better title
Comment: This book is way better than the second book, but it still does not fulfill the expectations left from the first book. Leto and his sister "spoils of war" are growing up and dealing with all the political intrigue and double crossing that Dune readers are familiar with. I really liked Alia befor this book, but Herbert ruined her here. This whole book screams "man strong, woman weak!" It almost seems as if Herbert writes himself into a hole and has to dig himself out. This book like the second lacks the vision of the original. It was interesting though and is not a waste of time. Recommended to those whom really want more Dune.
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Title: Heretics of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 5) by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0441328008 Publisher: ACE Charter Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Chapterhouse Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 6) by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0441102670 Publisher: ACE Charter Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dune (Remembering Tomorrow) by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0441172717 Publisher: ACE Charter Pub. Date: 01 February, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: House Atreides (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 1) by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson ISBN: 0553580272 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3) by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Frank Herbert ISBN: 0553580337 Publisher: Spectra Books Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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