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Dune (Dune #1)

Frank Herbert

Start date: March 1, 2016

Finish date: March 31, 2016

Discussion: Group Reads

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Mar 30, 2011 Jenbebookish rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: loves-of-my-life, sci-fi, books-turned-into-movies, 2015, tome-investments, series, series-1st-book, 2021

"Science fiction's supreme masterpiece." ...more

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Jun 06, 2021 Naga Sravika Bodapati rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001-before-die, sci-fi, magical-realism, best-of-genre

Wow! What a book! Definitely must be one of the best sci-fi books of all time! To think that I almost tossed the book aside with boredom at the beginning! This is one of those books that starts slow..and really starts to pick up on you as the plot unravels.

Paul Atreides is born as a result of careful genetic engineering to a witch mother and warrior father. This story is the journey of how he comes into his power of being a 'prophet' - a warrior, a leader, a spiritual master and a complete auth ...more

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Oct 19, 2016 Valerie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiolibary, sf-f-bookclub, readinglistbookclub, z-2016sffchallenge

Lately, I've felt like I've been in a slump. I've been reading books that I think I should like, only to be disappointed. I was worried that maybe it was just me. Maybe I was burnt out on reading. Is such a thing even possible.

Then I started Dune and it was like the sunshine breaking through the clouds for the gorgeous day of Spring after a long cold winter. Why did I wait so long to read this? It was absolutely brilliant and reminded me why I love reading so much.

I do want to note that while th ...more

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