Paul of Dune (Heroes of Dune, #1) in Dune Fanatics

May 12, 2009 Prester rated it it was amazing

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When I first read "Dune" in 1983 I was amazed at how Frank Herbert was able to create an entire universe filled with new planets, alien races, politics and of course, religious fanaticism.

I was deeply saddened by the death of one of the greatest Science Fiction writers of all time.

Then to my delight, the team of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson catapulted the Sci-Fi fan base back into the world of "Dune" with some of the best written and imagined stories from the early days of the Dune legacy ...more

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Jan 29, 2010 Lauren Magoon rated it liked it

This was a good "Gee, I wonder what happened between...." type of book. I honestly liked it, but it wasn't the best new Dune book that I've read.

In the original Dune novels, or in the TV mini-series, for that matter, there's a considerable gap in time between books. One story ends with Paul defeating the Emperor of the Known Universe, and the next story starts with him firmly entrenched as a god/dictator with this whole religion that's grown up around him. However, we really don't know how all

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Nov 30, 2008 Tulara rated it it was amazing

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Apr 01, 2010 Rob Tiedemann rated it it was ok

Yet another Herbert/Anderson book . . . I heard someone call their Dune books the amal to Frank Herbert'd genuine Melange . . . too true. I love reading more in the universe of Dune, but none of the books written by the deceased author's son and his friend have amounted to the same intensity of the original series. ...more

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