Name: Dune
Rating: 4.433333333333334 (15 reviews)
ISBN: 9780884833451

Frank Herbert

Paul Atreides and his family move to the planet Dune, and are forced into exile when his father's government is overthrown.

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Piss_Peas

He looked down at his mother. She appeared peacefully asleep in a sitting position - her breathing even and deep.

A phrase out of the future that was his lonely past came into his mind: "She sleeps in the Waters of Life"

"I know you Chani, he whispered," "We've sat upon a ledge above the sand while I soothed your fears. We've caressed in the dark of the sietch. We've...." He found himself losing focus, tried to shake his head, stumbled.

She put a palm against his cheek, "I'm no longer afraid, Usul. Look at me. I see what you see when you hold me thus."

"I see us giving love to each other in a time of quiet between storms. It's what we were meant to do."

What a start. Obviously easier to read after watching the recent movies, but the world-building is fantastic and astonishingly descriptive. The last 300~ pages were addictive, and the book in general could've honestly been a damn good standalone story/plot.

Jacob Lopez

La obra maestra de la ciencia ficción, con la dosis perfecta de conflictos políticos, problemas ambientales y sociales. La idea del falso mesías o del poder corrompiendo al libertador, simplemente me parece genial. 

Carlos Luna

Re-reading the first trilogy in anticipation of the third movie.

Very original sci-fi setting in which technology advancements are translated into advanced humans instead of machines. I really like the concept of the different schools/guilds evolving their humans into almost super-humans and witches - Clark's third law.

The rise and fall of Paul still feels a very traditional "Hero's Journey" - the more interesting themes of 'beware charismatic leader' and plots within plot within plots to remove Paul from power are still to come in the following book, which is my favorite and the reason I am so excited for the third movie.

A good stablishing of the basic universe, specially the Fremen, Arrakis, the Atreides vs. Harkonnen feud and the basic schools/guilds.

The language is very dry (ha!) and sometimes you feel the length and age of the book. I don't think is a book for everyone because of that and not some idea of it being too complex.

The audiobook would be absolutely great if they had gone through with the idea of having different actors for the main characters. The Baron Harkonnen specially had a fantastic actor which made every scene with his voice awesome. Unfortunately, they didn't do this for the whole book and only some scenes are interpreted by different actors for each character. In others, only the main narrator speaks. Not that he is bad, but this mix is a detriment to the book. Either have different actors for each character or a single narrator throughout. As it is, it's confusing.

Lucas Padeiro

Re-reading the first trilogy in anticipation of the third movie.

Very original sci-fi setting in which technology advancements are translated into advanced humans instead of machines. I really like the concept of the different schools/guilds evolving their humans into almost super-humans and witches - Clark's third law.

The rise and fall of Paul still feels a very traditional "Hero's Journey" - the more interesting themes of 'beware charismatic leader' and plots within plot within plots to remove Paul from power are still to come in the following book, which is my favorite and the reason I am so excited for the third movie.

A good stablishing of the basic universe, specially the Fremen, Arrakis, the Atreides vs. Harkonnen feud and the basic schools/guilds.

The language is very dry (ha!) and sometimes you feel the length and age of the book. I don't think is a book for everyone because of that and not some idea of it being too complex.

The audiobook would be absolutely great if they had gone through with the idea of having different actors for the main characters. The Baron Harkonnen specially had a fantastic actor which made every scene with his voice awesome. Unfortunately, they didn't do this for the whole book and only some scenes are interpreted by different actors for each character. In others, only the main narrator speaks. Not that he is bad, but this mix is a detriment to the book. Either have different actors for each character or a single narrator throughout. As it is, it's confusing.

A beautiful beginning from John Dune, truly never a dull moment!

Hayden Helfer

First book idk what rating liked the movie better 

Ali Gumer

De los mejores libros que he leído en mi vida, este universo y la forma tan maravillosa en la que está escrito lo hace demasiado interesante e inmersivo, se nota como inspira otras miles historias que hemos visto en todos lados de la ciencia ficción.

Lo leí en inglés pero sin duda lo releería en español.

Mauro Muñoz

De los mejores libros que he leído en mi vida, este universo y la forma tan maravillosa en la que está escrito lo hace demasiado interesante e inmersivo, se nota como inspira otras miles historias que hemos visto en todos lados de la ciencia ficción.

Lo leí en inglés pero sin duda lo releería en español.

Maceo Clark

Soii

Sam Steiner

Joey Carpenter

Ross Keeley

Alex Green

Le début de cette fresque de science-fiction. L'épice est l'enjeu de plusieurs planètes.

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