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| Original Title: | Hunters of Dune |
| ISBN: | 0765312921 (ISBN13: 9780765312921) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dune #7, Dune Universe #18 |
Brian Herbert
Hardcover | Pages: 524 pages Rating: 3.65 | 12269 Users | 360 Reviews
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| Title | : | Hunters of Dune (Dune #7) |
| Author | : | Brian Herbert |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 524 pages |
| Published | : | August 22nd 2006 by Tor Books (first published 2006) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy |
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The penultimate chronicle of Dune can be described in four words. The premise of the book, the setting, the whole storyline, the motivations and development of every single character; it all stems from this short sentence:The Enemy is coming.
Mother Commander Murbella is preparing the New Sisterhood for war against an unknown foe from the far reaches of space. Mysterious hunters are chasing the escaped no-ship containing the prophet Sheeana and her allies. And in desperation to save his own skin, Scytale, last of the great Tleilaxu Masters of old, comes up with an impossible plan…
Hunters of Dune is defined by two things. First by one of the most daring twists in the history of science fiction. Scytale’s plan. It has the potential to be the most utterly ridiculous concept I have ever read, but also the complete opposite. Time will tell.
And second, by a chain of important revelations at the end leading up to the answering of the ultimate question:
Who is the Enemy?
The interesting thing is that most readers familiar with this series will not have heard of the Enemy at all. It was introduced by Frank Herbert in the very last book he wrote before he passed away. And Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have taken the whole thing to a new level, connecting everything so brilliantly I am almost getting angry at the amount of criticism they have received.
A Dune book this good hasn’t been published since before Star Wars came into existence.
Pre-review:
(view spoiler)[Huh? Yes yes yes, five stars, four stars, one star... who cares about the stars?
What kind of BOOK does this to me?
I'm writing these words after having walked back and forth for fifteen minutes with my arms on top of my head, all the while laughing hysterically. Seriously.
The book wasn't even exciting until the last 5%.
Ooooooooh, lord.
What a fucking horrible revelation, and yet so damnably brilliant.
Full review to come. Probably. I could just write it now, as I won't be sleeping much tonight. (hide spoiler)]
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Hunters of DuneBook 7 of the Dune Saga (Dune 7 Book 1)By Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Based on an outline left by Frank HerbertA Dune Retrospective by Eric AllenBeginning with Heretics of Dune, Frank Herbert set out to bring an end to his Dune saga with a trilogy of books detailing the end of times for the Dune Universe. Unfortunately, he died before he was able to complete the final volume. We were left with a cliffhanger ending in Chapterhouse Dune for quite a number of years.The entire exercise is a bait and switch: Chapterhouse ends famously with Marty & Daniel reflecting: "That would've been funny. They have such a hard time accepting that Face Dancers can be independent of them." "I don't see why. It's a natural consequence. They gave us the power to absorb the memories and experiences of other people. Gather enough of those and..." "It's personas we take, Marty." "Whatever. The Masters should've known we would gather enough of them one day to make our own
After being very disappointed with Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson's "Legends of Dune" series, I'm glad to say that this book is the truest to Frank Herbert's style and vision that I've seen yet out of BH&KA. Based on an outline by Frank Herbert for the seventh Dune novel found in a forgotten safe deposit box (how's that for life imitating fiction?), you can often forget that it isn't Frank Herbert at the typewriter. If you liked Dune, and especially if you liked the last two books of the
Hunters of Dune (Dune Chronicles #7), Brian HerbertFor three years, the no-ship (named the Ithaca by its passengers) has been in an alternate universe, carrying the gholas of Duncan Idaho and the famous military commander Miles Teg as well as the Bene Gesserit Sheeana, who has the mysterious power to control sandworms. Other passengers include the last Bene Tleilax Master Scytale, some Bene Gesserits, a group of Jews saved from Honored Matre oppression on the planet Gammu, seven small sandworms
The penultimate chronicle of Dune can be described in four words. The premise of the book, the setting, the whole storyline, the motivations and development of every single character; it all stems from this short sentence: The Enemy is coming. Mother Commander Murbella is preparing the New Sisterhood for war against an unknown foe from the far reaches of space. Mysterious hunters are chasing the escaped no-ship containing the prophet Sheeana and her allies. And in desperation to save his own
To paraphrase Roger Ebert: I hated this book. Hated hated hated hated hated this book. Hated it. Hated every simpering stupid vacant reader-insulting moment of it.Not just this book, but the entirety of the Brian Herbert body of work that relates to Dune. You may assume this is simply because Brian's writing style does absolutely no justice to his father's work. It doesn't of course -- accusing his writing of being "amateur grade" would be an undeserved insult to many talented amateur writers.
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