false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1230055246m/105.jpg 105 34 The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's powers, have colonized a green world and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. In this, the final book in the Dune Chronicles, Herbert again creates a world of breathtakingly evolved characters and the contexts in which to appreciate them. The richness of detail and perspective fascinates, while the multi-layered plot evolves as pages turn. Riveting from end to end, the legend lives on in the greatest science fiction epic of all time. 3634569 book 1965 Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune Chronicles #6) total:4370|5:1167|4:1377|3:1264|2:440|1:122| 4370 16137 5516 110 3 4 false true Wed May 28 21:48:41 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 06 14:55:20 -0700 2009 3 at least Book: 3 stars
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In Dune, Frank Herbert achieved a near perfect balance of story, character and exposition. In fact, the story and characters expressed the themes of the book, and Herbert avoided long, philosophical discursions. Dune is a self-contained novel needing n...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 12 15:12:31 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 21:57:46 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 15:12:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 12:05:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 15:10:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 23 12:05:48 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 18 07:04:30 -0700 2007
Set twenty or so years after the events in Heretics of Dune, readers may now follo...more...]]> 5 1 true false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Mar 09 13:39:42 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 13:52:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Jan 17 21:45:23 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 21:46:09 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 20:43:53 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 20:43:53 -0800 2009 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...

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In addition to being one of the greatest science fiction sagas ever, the Dune Chronicles were a massive sociological "t...more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Jan 20 07:01:07 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 07:01:52 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 08 10:28:58 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 10:29:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false true Sat Apr 25 18:25:55 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:28:22 -0700 2009
I really like where Chapterhouse was going but...

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