Destination: Void

The Pandora Sequence #0.5

by Frank Herbert

The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hybernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship's three Organic Mental Cores, disembodied human brains that control the vessel's functions, go insane. An emergency skeleton crew sees only one chance for survival: to create an artificial consciousness in the Earthling's primary computer, which could guide them to their destination . . . or could destroy the human race.

Frank Herbert's classic novel that begins the epic Pandora Sequence (written with Bill Ransom), which also includes The Jesus Incident, The Lazarus Effect, and The Ascension Factor.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Audiobook, Fantasy, Space Opera, Science Fiction Fantasy, Novels

276 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.

The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire series is considered to be among the classics of the genre.

Reviews

[Simona]

Dávám 2*, možná bych dala i tři.. posledních cca 50 stránek pro mě bylo pochopitelných, zajímavých, trochu i napětí.. ale to celé před tím .. změť matic, derivací (skutečně tam byly i vzorce a příklady), psychologie, náboženství a historie. Mám doma další dva díly… no.. ještě se asi rozmyslím, zda se pustím do dalších, nebo raději dokoupím vše ostatní kolem Duny.