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Loading... Duneby Frank Herbert
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Member recommendations:d_perlo recommends Lazarus Effect by Frank Herbert, "So you have read Frank Herbert's Dune series and want more? Thy The Lazarus Effect, The Jesus Incident, and The Ascension Factor, also by Frank Herbert. (see more) This is his take on a water world." benmartin79 recommends Ilias by Homer, "Dune stands in a long tradition of epic stories. The Iliad is not the oldest recorded epic, but is perhaps the most widely read of all." Cecrow recommends Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert, "First book." Vonini recommends Gateway by Frederik Pohl reading_fox recommends The Faded Sun Trilogy by C.J. Cherryh, "Same basic sort of premise - SciFi set on desert worlds inspires the rise of a galactic empire, but very different outcomes!" ( see more recommendations and anti-recommendations for this book )
Amazon.com (ISBN 0399128964, Hardcover)This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence.The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium. Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck (retrieved from Amazon Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:37:27 -0400) |
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