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“Still not as good as the first, but again, still a good book.”
Gunther Young Binter *I grok, you grok, he, she, it grok* wrote this review 4 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Although this sequel starts to get interesting it cant really compare to the original”
Daniel H wrote this review Monday, November 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Not as good as the first, but good.”
Umptysquat wrote this review Wednesday, November 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Weird, really weird. Makes sense, but weird. A little Egyptian-like twist at the end, I suppose.”
Kaye Lin K wrote this review Sunday, November 1 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A true classic. Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the most amazing and enduring of the sci-fi world. While there are anti homosexual undertones his over all message of eco conscientiousness quickly overshadows it without being preachy. I'm also a fan of his rich writing style especially as it pertains to his female characters. They always seem to be a driving force in his books.
MercurialMe wrote this review Monday, September 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
”“Some of the bits were a little strange; but as always Frank Herbert has an almost genius way with words and sentance structure. ”
Rachel T wrote this review Thursday, September 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Like this series.”
Diane V wrote this review Monday, August 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No1 of 1 members found this review helpful“Loved this book.”
Kirsten C wrote this review Thursday, August 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
0 of 1 members found this review helpful“To be honest, I have been reading this book since '97. I just have not picked it back up.”
Michael A wrote this review Tuesday, July 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Muad’Dib has become an old man damaged by forced overdoses of spice essence and dependent on an assistant; he is rousing the populace against the priestly apparatus and its ruler — his sister Alia, who has since lost the battle with the memory personalities she contains, and is possessed by the persona of her grandfather and Atreides enemy, Baron Harkonnen.
Wendy B wrote this review Thursday, July 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Despite numerous enemies, Muad'Dib's children Leto and Ghanima survive concerted attempts to eliminate them. Leto undertakes a transformation by allowing sandtrout to bond to the surface of his body, making him immensely strong and fast and beginning his transformation into a human-sandworm hybrid. The subsequent deaths of Paul and Alia lead to the virtually immortal Leto grasping control of the Known Universe.
Over and over, Herbert shows how his characters' triumphs contain the seeds of their own destruction, and how their personalities and ideals keep them on the track of destruction, even if prescient vision proves to them how they are doomed. Frank Herbert said later in life that he conceived all three of the first Dune books as a single story from the start, and that he simply produced that one complete tale in three separate volumes.
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