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Title: The Dune Audio Collection by Felix Salten, Herbert Frank ISBN: 1-55994-957-0 Publisher: HarperAudio Pub. Date: 01 December, 1994 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (831 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Science fiction masterpiece; one of the greatest of our time
Comment: DUNE is, simply put, a masterpiece. It's also a legend with spawned a movie and two TV miniseries which are nearly as famous as the novel. Frank Herbert's science fiction/fantasy tale centers around Paul Atreides, a young man who has recently moved to the planet Arrakis, better known as Dune, sometime in the far future. Paul is the son of a duke, and after the duke is murdered in a raid by the evil Harkonnen family, Paul and his mother journey in to the desert. From there, a prophecy shall be fulfilled and life as Herbert's characters know it, will change dramatically.
Never have I read a book as realistic as Dune. It plays out almost like a historical fiction. The characters are so real, with so much emotion, you can't help but believe these people may one day truly exist.
The story, which took in the first Nebula award, is complicated and may throw off some readers. Indeed, the book itself may prove to be a challenge to many readers. Unfortunately many will put down the book after the first about 100 pages, during which it is somewhat uninteresting. But, if you should make it past those pages, you'll find one of the most interesting and life-like masterpieces of our time.
Rating: 5
Summary: A cult classic that set a standard for epic Science Fiction
Comment: If you haven't read this because you were put off by the "cult" status of Dune, don't be. I delayed reading it for years because I usually avoid cult classics and overhyped books. But the moment I started reading Dune, I was captivated.
This book creates an entire world and society (what I love best about sci-fi, when done really well.) And this book has an epic struggle of Good and Evil. The bad guys are really BAD. The good guys are complex, heroic and vulnerable at times. There are plots, sub-plots and counter-plots.
Some fascinating concepts are introducted in Dune; an order of women who control breeding of superior human beings and influence politics--the Bene Gesserit, the Mentats, human savants who replaced computers when computers were banned from the universe for their "dehumanizing" effect. And the Fremen, a desert people who are fiercer than the trained killer army of the Padishah Emperor.
This is the most exciting science fiction book I ever read, and is one of my favorite books of all times. If you haven't read it, you are in for a treat. Dune is complicated at times, but always worthwhile.
Rating: 5
Summary: A remarkable and intriguing work
Comment: Herbert, in a way that so few else have, has crafted a new world full of life and detail. mMore than just a work of science fistion, Dune articulates several resonating stories of humanity intertwined in a single (though complex) plot. The writting is superb and provides a beautiful portrait of Dune and it's characters. Everyone should at least try to read this book, though I understand it may not be for everyone given it's themes and subject matter.
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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: 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: God Emperor of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 4) by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0441294677 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: April, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Heretics of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 5) by Frank Herbert ISBN: 0441328008 Publisher: Ace Books Pub. Date: 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 Books Pub. Date: February, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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