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Dune (Dune #1)

Frank Herbert

Start date: May 1, 2018

Finish date: May 31, 2018

Discussion: Science Fiction and Fantasy

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Jul 28, 2021 Gerhard rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2021, sf-fantasy

“The Fremen have the word of Muad’Dib,” Paul said. “There will be flowing water here open to the sky and green oases rich with good things. But we have the spice to think of, too. Thus, there will always be desert on Arrakis…and fierce winds, and trials to toughen a man. We Fremen have a saying: ‘God created Arrakis to train the faithful.’ One cannot go against the word of God.”

Rereading ‘Dune’ a couple of decades after I first encountered it as a teenager, I can still remember being swept up by ...more

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Sep 30, 2020 adele rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classic-shelf, bucket-list, audiobooks, ehrtbm-book-group

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is a book I will likely come back to. I feel like it would improve both on a second read through and actually reading instead of just listening to an audiobook.

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I didn’t like the way Herbert approached the “chosen one” trope in this. I did not enjoy the omniscience granted to the reader and the switching perspectives throughout scenes. I also did not particularly care for the plot armor granted to our hero and Messiah, as he seemed to know everything and have too much control and ...more

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Sep 02, 2023 ForestGardenGal rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-fiction, classics-published-50-years-ago, type-sci-fi, subject-nature-climate-change, genre-philosophical-fiction

First, know that the book is nothing like the atrocious movie made in the 80's!

Second, if you are interested in ecology, regreening the deserts, water conservation, or climate change, you will probably really find this book intellectually stimulating as well as entertaining, but be forewarned: it is a long and dense book and will take some willpower to read, but it is 100% worth it.

A true sci-fi gem. Fantastic world building- feels almost too real for comfort. Amazing characters- the bad guys ar ...more

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