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No wonder the audiobook version of this book was so excellent -- both Simon Vance and Scott Brick, two of my favorite narrators, participated in the reading. I listened to the end of this book while driving through a rain storm. It was entirely counter to the desert planet setting, but at least counteracted the overwhelming sense of thirst brought on by the story.
I'm probably the only person I know who hasn't read this book who has any interest in reading science fiction. In fact, I saw a wonder ...more
I'm probably the only person I know who hasn't read this book who has any interest in reading science fiction. In fact, I saw a wonder ...more
Apr 04, 2010
Sunflower
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Herbert went to an enormous amount of trouble creating his world and his characters, even including their own language. It took me a couple of hundred pages, but he finally pulled me into the story and I stopped noticing most of it. Except the constant mentions of the blue eyes and what they meant, and the repetitive over-explanations. There were times when I wanted to yell "ok already I got that, move on now!" but he ploughed on anyway.
I can see how this book kicked science fiction into a new ...more
I can see how this book kicked science fiction into a new ...more
Ugh. Just... ugh. While I can appreciate the deep world-building and why Herbert is seen as a founding father of sci-fi, this book is so far beyond palatable. To be fair, I don't read a ton of science fiction. Even so, I generally appreciate good writing, interesting relationships, and well-formed characters. To me, this lacked all of that.
Nope, it's a '70s teenage boy's dream. You meet people just long enough to kill them off. The bad guy is fat, and the only homosexual -- and probably a pedoph ...more
Nope, it's a '70s teenage boy's dream. You meet people just long enough to kill them off. The bad guy is fat, and the only homosexual -- and probably a pedoph ...more
Surprised how much I enjoyed this scifi classic. The audio version is full-scale production, and while I could have done without all the sand-blowing-in-the-wind sound effects, overall I really enjoyed this.
One of the most...MOST SciFi books ever. Words do not describe, just read it.
Audiobook didn't work for me. I may try reading the actual book sometime in the future.
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Jul 31, 2017
Cora
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I really enjoyed this grand science fiction classic. The world building was incredible, both the environment of the planet as well as the political and cultural aspects of the world. Although I liked the story and the characters, the book dragged a bit at the beginning for me and some interesting characters were introduced and then they dropped away never to appear again (perhaps they will reappear in the later books in the series). Although the book was published in the 60s, it still seems rele
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i really, really loved this book. the only thing that's keeping me from giving it five stars is the abruptness with which it ended. i still have to read the appendices, and honestly i want to reread the entire thing again, because i tore through it so quickly (i really couldn't put it down) i want to reread at a more leisurely pace. but it was really awesome and i loved it.
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Jun 25, 2007
Poppy
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Aug 20, 2009
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Nov 16, 2011
David
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Dec 17, 2016
Rebekah
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