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Title: Heretics of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 5) by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0-441-32800-8 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: April, 1996 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.45 (53 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The best Dune book of them all!
Comment: Many would disagree with the statement that Heretics of Dune is the greatest Dune book in the series, but after having read each book three times, I am certain that Heretics of Dune is the perfect balance of philosophy, plot and action that I am sure Herbert always strove for. He creates characters we can care for (Odrade, Sheanna, Teg, Idaho) and those we can hate, including the "whores"--Honored Matres, made all the more terrifying because they remain faceless enemies in the shadows. Many authors flounder and refuse to consider their main characters expendable; Herbert does not view this as anathema, as is evinced by the events surrounding Mother Superior Taraza. This marks him as a consummate writer not afraid to harm characters to further plot. The philosophical digressions were well-orchestrated and thought-provoking as ever (especially his discussions of religion as a control factor for the masses), and the action of the storyline has matured since the adolescent-feeling action sequences of the original Dune. All in all, Heretics of Dune strikes the perfect balance between philosophy and plot. Highly reccommended!
Rating: 4
Summary: The Real Beginning of the Second Dune Trilogy
Comment: Take Mankind thousands of years into the future (not hundreds of years like most authors, or even Arthur C. Clarke's somewhat weak attempt at going 1000 years), and what do you have? It leaves the author pretty free to have anything be true. Frank Hebert clearly and precisely and thoroughly creates a truly alien Human society that is also strongly rooted in its past. The worlds and cultures of "Dune" are strongly influenced by Arabic and Islamic culture, along with a hearty dash of medieval European feudalism. Frank Herbet writes so well that it all seems plausible, as if you are reading history instead of fiction. And, who can say it won't turn out this way?
"God Emperor of Dune" was the fourth book in the Dune series, but had an entirely different feel to it. Now, "Heretics of Dune" both steps farther away AND back into the usual "Dune" feel. It steps farther away by moving even further into the future, and by working with no clear House Atreides member, although there are Atreides descendants. Instead of warring Houses, it's the Bene Gesserit versus the Bene Tleilax versus the returning Imperial citizens who had left the Empire at the end of the God Emperor's Reign of Enforced Peace. We don't know why the Returning Ones are returning, or how they have changed since they left, but we get glimpses of intriguing possibilities. We don't even know whose side they are on, and neither do they. This book is very much a set-up for the next book. "Heretics of Dune" steps back into the Dune tradition by having multiple parties at odds with one another and giving you different viewpoints.
While many people divide the Dune series into a first trilogy and a second trilogy, I see it more as a first trilogy, a transitional book ("God Emperor of Dune"), and a second, and still unfinished trilogy. Brian Herbert, Frank's son, and Kevin Anderson, are moving toward writing the seventh Dune book, and are preparing by writing a prequel trilogy - "House Atreides", "House Harkonnen", and "House Corrino". While many reviewers dislike these new Dune prequels, I like them. They do lack some of the complexity and depth of Frank Herbert's work, but they are moving in the right direction. The as-yet unpublished "House Corrino" should give Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson room for complexity, as the Corrino family was always into intrigues and shifting alliances.
I never call anything a must-read, as I don't know who has the right to dictate to anyone what they "must read". However, you're missing something if you don't read (and later re-read) the entire Dune series. I recommend buying a set when you're a teenager and keeping it to re-read every five years or so. The story will grow as you do, as will your appreciation of it.
Rating: 5
Summary: Finest SF Ever
Comment: This is the BEST science fiction novel EVER & the BEST Dune novel. If Herbert had finished Dune 7 I'd recommend starting here *however* he died and left the door open for his opportunist son Brian & his hack friend Ken J(stands for jerk) Anderson to crap all over what Dune 7 might have been.
*alas*
At any rate, HOD has better characters, a better plot and takes place in a more interesting universe than the first Dune novel. It is brilliant. I read the Dune series (1-6) every year. Heck I read it twice last year! Do yourself a favor and check out this masterpiece of science fiction & modern mythology.
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Title: Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3) by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0441104029 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: September, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles, Book 2) by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0441172695 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dune by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0441172717 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 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: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3) by Kevin Anderson, Brian Herbert ISBN: 0553580337 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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