About this title: "Hunters of Dune" and the concluding volume, "Sandworms of Dune," bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond.
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780765351487ISBN:076535148X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780765351487ISBN:076535148X
Description: Grade: B. Catalog: Science Fiction General Synopsis: 563 pages. Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert'... read more
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"Recommended ONLY for Dune fanatics who MUST know how the saga ends. Oh this book is baaaaaaad. the writing is sub-par, but that is to be expected of these authors if you've read any prior works. The WORST, most inexcusable part of this book is...
...the way they ruin the bene gesserit.
These women are supposed to be the strongest, slyest, most intelligent creatures in the universe! This story depicts them as not being able to intuit things better than lower level non-BGs in the same room? I am offended. They also have the BGs showing emotions in front of strangers (would never happen) and being outsmarted by Tleilaxu?!!? I don't think so!! At least not in the elementary way they imagine.
Also, the way they spell everything out for the reader is irritating to say the least. Frank Herbert was so subtle, he let you figure things out on your own. I almost stopped reading after the first few chapters but I simply had to know what Frank Herbert intended with the story, even though he didn't get to execute it. Alas, I am a Dune nerd."
"*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 "House Trilogy" 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) House Trilogy (series of 3 books) Dune (again since your restarting the original series) The rest of the Dune series Hunters of Dune Sandworms of Dune
"Dune is a wonderful and complex series of stories dealing with many challenging ideas of politics and religion.
That being said I chose not to reread any of the original novels before reading this one. Amazingly this novel had none of the insights and complexities that made the original novels great. However given the scope of events and time that passes in the novel I can't for the life of me see this book as a bad thing. No novel written such as this one and it's sequal could have the impact or the gravitas of the originals. Yet the authors knew this going in. While it began to unravel the mysteries and bring the epic story to it's end it was written well. I find no fault in this novel it served it's basic goal. Entertainment. and for that alone it is worth reading"
"The ?Ithaca? piloted by Duncan is folding in unknown parts of space, in order to escape the tachyon net of the old man and the old woman. The Spacing Guild Administrators go to Ix, to find a way to pilot their ships without the aid of spice (desperately needed by the Navigators), because of what Murbella has demanded from them and what she will not give. Because of the Guild?s help to the Honored Matres in destroying Rakis, the Guild will get no spice unless they prove their loyalty to the Bene Gesserit. The Face Dancer leader Khrone, sends Uxtal (the only one of the Lost Tleilax), to serve Matre Superior Hellica, whom is instructed to produce the drug used by the Honored Matres in axlotl tanks. Khrone is doing the work of the old man and the old woman by having Uxtal make the gholas Baron Vladimir Harkonnen and Paul Atreides (Paolo). On the ?Ithaca?, Scytale is desperate to make a ghola of himself, for he is dying. The nullentrophy capsule is his only way of getting his ghola. His hidden secret is powerful enough, that his is allowed his ghola after the first few have been made. Back on Chapterhouse, Murbella?s Valkyries are attacking those Honored Matres on other planets, which refuse to integrate with the Bene Gesserits, to become one powerful group against the great unknown enemy. Murbella accesses Other Memory to learn of the origin of the Honored Matres. And on the no-ship, Sheanna stops the ghola program because of the warning given to her by Sayyadina Ramallo of Arrakis. Also, the children gholas are expressing dangerous and threatening actions of their past lives, to the ?Ithaca?s? current situation. Usul takes enough spice to induce a vision of his death, but not to awaken his memories. The old man and woman inform Khrone that they have no need of his Paul ghola, because of the trap they have set when the ?Ithaca? discovers the Handlers. Khrone goes ahead, and awakens the Baron?s memories, but it comes with the price of the abomination Alia haunting him in his head. In the final assault on Tleilax by Murbella, the Waff ghola finds refuge with the Navigator Edrik, by offering not only spice but sandworms! The book ends with Murbella in control of the Honored Matres and Bene Gesserits, as she intends to launch an offensive attack on the Enemy, revealed to be Omnius. Now a new version of the Evermind, determined to destroy mankind. In contrast, the Oracle of Time is revealed to be Norma Cenva!"
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