About this title: Paul Atreides, ruler of a thousand planets, great victor of a holy war, prince turned revolutionary leader, messiah of a fanatical religious sisterhood, is to be brought low by the very forces that created him. Yet foreseeing the plans of his enemies, he determines to drive on towards his own, shockingly different, vision of the future. This is the amazing second Dune novel.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley, New York
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780425039304ISBN:0425039307
Description: Very Good. Twenty-Fifth printing (1975). Binding tight, clean, no marks, small amount of damp staining on bottom corner, edgewear. The pivotal novel in the magnificent Dune epic. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkeley Medallion Books, New York
Date Published: 1975
ISBN-13:9780425029527ISBN:0425029522
Description: Good. No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. The book is very solid with unmarked pages. A book store stamp is on the first end paper. The cover has minor shelf wear & moderate edge wear with sticker residue on the front. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Berkley 1981, c1969
Date Published: 1980-03-15
ISBN-13:9780425043790ISBN:0425043797
Description: Very Good. Very Good...Light edge wear, general wear, spine creases, especially for age. Original price sticker front. Inside cover tanning. Light page tanning. Sits straight. Pages clean and unmarked. Later printing. 279 p.; 18 cm. Book 2 in the "Dune Chronicles". From Publisher / book cover or paraphrased: Set in the desert planet Arrakis-a world fully as real and as rich as our own-DUNE MESSIAH continues the story of the man Maud'dib, heir to a power unimaginable, bringing to completion the ... read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Free upgrade to First Class mail (for one book). Very Good with edgewear. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Free upgrade to First Class mail (for one book). Edgewear and rubbing to cover. Pages tanning due to age. Smooth and square cover and binding. 256 p.; 18 cm. Sequel to: Dune; sequel: Children of Dune. "A Berkley Medallion book. " "N1847. " read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by previous owner. Nice soft cover, lightly read, some shelf wear to cover, light creases on spine, light aging, stk #2471m8. 256 p.; 18 cm. Sequel to: Dune; sequel: Children of Dune. "A Berkley Medallion book. " "N1847. " read more
"*Same review for the Dune Universe* GREAT books! VERY time consuming! Worth the time!
Ok here is the deal. If your not sure about starting a series this big, here is what I would do. 1. -- Read the 1st one by Frank Herbert "Dune" if you like it...
2. -- Read the "Legends Of Dune" series. Its 3 books written by Frank's son Brian and a author I really like by the name of Keven J. Anderson. Its a prequel that is so far in the past that it doesn't spoil the Original Dune series in any way, and you could stop after that series and be done with Dune.. but if your not done....
3. -- Go and read the "Prelude To Dune" series its also 3 books and is a prequel to the original dune series but just prior so you will learn about some of the characters in the 1st book you read "Dune".
4. -- By now you have committed enough time in the series that you probably NEED to finish it. Go back and re-read Dune, (trust me you will want to) then go on and read the rest of the original Dune series (Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Chapterhouse Dune) Your devotion to the series will help push you through some of the parts that I think are slightly. Its worth it though!
4. -- You will notice the series ends up in the AIR! Frank Herbert died before finishing the series. The authors of the prequel series (his son Bryan Herbert and Keven J. Anderson) finished the series from compiled notes from Frank, Brian's experience talking to his father about the series and both Brian and Kevin's love of the Dune universe. It is very well done. Its two books (Hunters of Dune, and Sandworms of Dune.)
OK so sum up here is the order I would do the series. (which ends up being chronological except for the 1st book, even though it wasn't published this way. Dune (to make sure you like it.) Legends of Dune (series of 3 books) Prelude to Dune (series of 3 books) Dune (again since your restarting the original series) The rest of the Dune series Hunters of Dune Sandworms of Dune
"I watched "Frank Herbert's Children of Dune," and just had to reread the two books it was based on. I'm drawn to compelling series right now.
Paul, having become the inspiration and god of the Fremen of Dune, can hardly bear to live with the jihad conquering the universe in his name. His sister, Alia of the Knife, loves the power it brings her. Paul's precognition tells him that the alternatives to his dominance would be even worse.
It took several readings before I came to appreciate this one, but I had to keep reading it because was the stepping stone to the later books. I'm glad I did. I just needed to mature enough to understand it. Now I keep rereading it for itself."
""Dune Messiah" is a book which plot appears in the times when Muad Dib was the greatest ruler in the universe. His ruling lead to the bloodshed and jihad, which he fought to prevent very passionately. The jihad raised by the people in his name spread through the planets and caused the blood to pour in streams all over the world. Some of his people, angered by this cruelty, even believed it was Muad Dib's intention to start conspiracy with some of the Muad Dib's enemies to attempt a murder on him. Later in time, Muad Dib had a vision of a hard choice which was a trap into which he fell. This vision gave him an opportunity to end the jihad and bloodshed, but in order to achieve this he must have given up his own life. This novel teaches us that, sometimes, we have to suffer a great deal in our lives in order to achieve a greater good."
"I first read this book in the early 1970s, but don't remember exactly when. I've read it at least twice, but recently purchased a copy of The Winds of Dune which is the new sequel to Dune Messiah, so it seemed appropriate to read it again before I started the new one. I discovered that 30 years didn't make any difference. I love the book then and I love it now.
This second volume of Frank Herbert's original Dune trilogy follows Paul Maud'dib as he follows the path that prescience has set out for him, which he knows will end in disaster because he knows he will lose the love of his life, his concubine Chani, if he gives her what she wants more than anything: his children. This is the price he must pay if he grants her wish and secures the empire for his heirs. Prescience has told him that to do otherwise will result in even greater danger to the human race.
I've always enjoyed this second volume of the trilogy most of the original three, probably because of the intrigue at court and the reluctance of the emperor who is also viewed by many as a messiah. In many ways, it reminds me of how The Empire Strikes Back provides such a wonderful look at the machinations of the Empire in the original Star Wars trilogy.
I recommend Dune Messiah, as well as the other two books of the Dune trilogy. With the new volumes coming out now which "fill in the blanks" between the volumes, I anticipate enjoying the series all over again. I've finished re-reading Dune and Dune Messiah and reading the new Paul of Dune, which connects #1 and #2, and now I'm getting started on The Winds of Dune, which follows Dune Messiah, events beginning about 1 month after Dune Messiah ends."
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