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    <body><![CDATA[It's not until the end of this book that you begin to understand Herbert's grand plan for his series. DUNE is really about shaking man out of an evolutionary cul-de-sac, showing a frustrated civil(?) society that despite its technological and social superiority is stagnating. The inventions of the B...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14152185">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[God Emperor of Dune is the red-headed stepchild of the series.  Frank Herbert delves into the mind of a near omniscient god-creature.  Many people feel disturbed or bored by this book, calling it the most &quot;dull&quot; of the series.  From a philosophical point of view, this is probably the most ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3773455">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reviews for this book have called it &quot;heady&quot; and &quot;deep.&quot; I cannot concur more. Few books have mastered this combination of deep material with a hurtling plot, and this is one of them.<br/><br/>Of the Dune Chronicles so far (this is book 4), God Emperor of Dune is my clear favor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5414451">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Please, make it stop.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[when i first read this, i really didnt understand what Herbert said. this was such a departure from his first three books that i thought it was awful. in fact, at the time, i told a friend that i didnt like where Dune was going and that i was going to quit the series after this book. long story shor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12377956">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[*Same review for the Dune Universe*<br/>GREAT books! VERY time consuming! Worth the time!<br/><br/>Ok here is the deal. If your not sure about starting a series this big, here is what I would do.<br/>1. -- Read the 1st one by Frank Herbert &quot;Dune&quot; if you like it...<br/><br/>2. -- Read the &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77068844">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just finished this one and liked it almost as much as the first, which is really saying something.  I have to say that Leto disgusted me at first ... gave me the willies just reading about him, kind of like squishing a snail, but by the end of the book, I felt dreadfully sorry for him, and had a r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8398661">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The fourth in the series from Frank Herbert, it follows the story of Leto II, the son of Emperor Paul Muad'dib.  The story jumps ahead of the events of Children of Dune by about 2000 years, which is a plot device used in all of the novels in the second half of the series (at least the ones written b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67543845">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This installment of the Dune series was a complete departure from the previous ones. I didn't like it, but I assume it was a necessary prerequisite to the next. God Emperor of Dune is filled with the cryptic sayings of Leto Atreides II. Whether in excerpts from his journals appearing at the start of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69544577">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hmm, this book was quite boring in most parts and the ending was very, very strange. I used this book to put me to sleep for about two months. Its not the worst book I've ever read, but its close and I'm a sci-fi fan.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This has one or two really cool parts but overall just felt kind of fragmented. It felt to me like there wasn't as strong an idea of what this book was meant to be before it was written. I'm probably wrong about that. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I LOVE THIS BOOK!!! Leto is my absolute favorite character of the series ! Without giving it away, Leto has acquired a half-humanoid half-sandworm form and the book begins over 3,000 years after Children of Dune, with Leto ruling the entire &quot;known&quot; universe. Leto has acquired tremendous Go...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40787436">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Frank Herbert changed styles form a narrative to conversations on this book. I found it choppier and harder to follow even though I have to say I LOVED reading this book. This book is full of very strong females and Herbert keeps one quessing what each one is really up to. I love the thought of what...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68092295">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a strange book in the Dune series.<br/><br/>To me, The God Leto acted as some sort of mouthpiece for Herbert in this case. The plot came off as secondary to whatever the Leto needed to say for a particular chapter. I thought character development was erratic. Duncan Idaho, whose character...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70530575">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Useful background book to read if you've ever thought you might like to rule the Universe. It's a really terrible job.<br/>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[As many other reviewers have said, this book is a departure in style from the earlier books in the series. While I had sympathy for many of the main characters in the book, I found the esoteric philosophical dialogue (which dominates most of the book) tedious and too often impenetrable. I got bogged...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73751924">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a magnificent progression in the Dune timeline. Poor Leto longing for his lost humanity and desiring earnestly to reconnect with it in some small way. Frank Herbert interwove the messianic theme into this book as well, but in a more subtle and even emotionally harsh way. Leto was an even mo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55806391">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It never ceases to amaze me when I re-read Dune, so many new layers in both content, social statement, and economic perspective are revealed. Frank Herbert's third piece in his masterpiece series is not only a fascinating tale of a man who willingly sacrifices his humanity to save what is humankind,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49637501">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed the first three books of the Dune series very much, and decided to give this one a try. It's interesting enough, but the story isn't as substantial as the previous three entries. Like 'Dune Messiah' the story suggests several moving parts being navigated by a prescient main character. But,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44470475">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow, this ended up being my second favorite book in the series, so far.  I would never have suspected it.  Once you get past the slow beginning and lengthy setup, it's really, really good and even begins feels akin to the first book, which is my favorite.  Herbert is such an incredibly detailed auth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23141804">more...</a>]]></body>
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