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Tom
Aug 31, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: sci-fi
Reviews for this book have called it "heady" and "deep." I cannot concur more. Few books have mastered this combination of deep material with a hurtling plot, and this is one of them.

Of the Dune Chronicles so far (this is book 4), God Emperor of Dune is my clear favorite. This profoundly philosophical installment in "the bestselling sci-fi series of all time" explores the now-verdant world of Arrakis thirty-five hundred years after the events in Children of Dune.

Leto, the nine-year old son of P ...more
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Peter
Jun 14, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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It was a little disconcerting to skip 3,000 or so years in the future, but I adjusted quickly. The philosophical concepts of this book were particularly strong, but the characterization wasn't as good as with previous books in the series.

The idea of actually literally making yourself a God with all that comes with it (omniscience, teaching mortals 'lessons' etc..) was so fascinating. Molding people and often being a tyrant or doing evil, for the ultimate good of improving humanity in general an ...more
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Bryan457
Apr 24, 2010 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: do-not-reread, science-fiction, hate-it, immortals
I liked Leto in COD. Now he is turned into an evil jerk. Not much of a story in this one. I don't really care about or like Duncan Idaho. ...more
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Michelle
Feb 12, 2007 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
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James
Jun 06, 2007 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Rachael DeBerry
Jun 25, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Wyrmia
Jul 07, 2007 rated it it was ok
Shelves: fantasysci-fi
Jamie Collins
Aug 30, 2007 rated it it was ok
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Beverly
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Dan
Sep 07, 2007 rated it it was amazing
Roberta
Sep 10, 2007 rated it it was ok
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Cairnraiser
Sep 27, 2007 rated it really liked it
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Vladimir
Oct 06, 2007 rated it it was amazing
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Sarah Sammis
Jan 14, 2008 rated it did not like it
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Leslie
Feb 05, 2008 rated it did not like it
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C.E.
Sep 13, 2008 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Scott
Dec 06, 2008 rated it it was ok  ·  review of another edition
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