Dune (Dune #1) in The Spice Must Flow

Mar 27, 2015 Kaotic rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

"The eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever." -Page 476

This book was not an easy one to get through, just because of how in depth it went, but it was completely worth the effort I put in. It took me a little longer to read this than I would have liked, but I loved the book and found it absolutely fascinating.

There were a lot of twists and turns in this book, and I didn't find it predictable. Which is a wonderful thing to find in a book - when you're along for the ride and don

"The eye that looks ahead to the safe course is closed forever." -Page 476

This book was not an easy one to get through, just because of how in depth it went, but it was completely worth the effort I put in. It took me a little longer to read this than I would have liked, but I loved the book and found it absolutely fascinating.

There were a lot of twists and turns in this book, and I didn't find it predictable. Which is a wonderful thing to find in a book - when you're along for the ride and don't feel like you know what every turn is going to be.

The writing was incredibly powerful, and unique - a lot of people have a problem when a book is overly detailed in it's descriptions, but I found that refreshing after some of the other books I have read recently. And to find a book that is so entirely unique in the way it was written was absolutely thrilling.

I can completely see how this book influenced the science fiction genre since it's come out. It has a lot of elements that I've seen used and emulated in later works. I am so glad that I took the time to read this classic, and I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of science fiction.

"When religion and politics travel in the same cart the riders believe nothing can stand in their way. Their movement became headlong - faster and faster and faster. They put aside all thought of obstacles and forget that a precipice does not show itself to the man in a blind rush until it's too late." -Page382"

Frank Herbert's ability to take a concept in his mind and build an entire world and religion is highly admirable and impressive. The societal, economic, and religious nuances in this book are so intricate that you feel they are a real world, and a real people. In the appendices, he explains the ecology and influences used in this book, but his creation feels like something all it's own. He breathed life into this amazing book - and I can't wait to read the rest of the work he's had published.

Frank Herbert is an pioneer of the genre with a powerful voice. ...more

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Feb 27, 2015 Bonnie Jennings rated it it was amazing

Shelves: sci-fi

I'm rereading this series again because of the new books that have been written. I read the original and then decided I would read in chronological order.
Every time I read this book I take away something different. There are so many layers. I think I enjoyed it more this time than any other - understanding the motives of human behaviour.
I'm looking forward to reading the Butlerian jihad, to discover the beginning if the Bene Gesserit, the Mentats and the Guild.
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