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The White Plague

Frank Herbert

Why we're reading this: The White Plague, a marvelous and terrifyingly plausible blend of fiction and visionary theme, tells of o…more
[close] The White Plague, a marvelous and terrifyingly plausible blend of fiction and visionary theme, tells of one man who is pushed over the edge of sanity by the senseless murder of his family and who, reappearing several months later as the so-called Madman, unleashes a terrible plague upon the human race---one that zeros in, unerringly and fatally, on women.

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Jul 09, 2011 Sarena rated it liked it

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The book has its merits, however, tends to weigh on the political vs religiousness quite a bit. Lots of history about the Irish, and how they have been wronged and the steps they need to take to achieve forgiveness as a peoples. If you can muddle through all of that, there is definitely lots of good content, I personally waffled between boredom and interested the last half of the book, nut since I had already dedicated enough time to read the first half, I felt obligated to finish, hoping that t ...more

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Jan 02, 2020 Ariel rated it really liked it

Shelves: science-fiction

This was my first non-Dune Frank Herbert novel, and it was really good!
A new take on an old apocalypse story, and turned the "villain" concept on it's head, which I found very refreshing. ...more

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