Sandworms of Dune

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• Bookreporter.com - SANDWORMS OF DUNE by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

  I must confess to having been an absolutely voracious Dune series fanatic back in the mid-1960s when the legendary Frank Herbert began producing his amazing epic stories. His narrative writing was as concentrated and potent as I’d always imagined the ... (read full critics)

  bookreporter published on Mon, 30 Aug 2010

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  Disappointing; I should had known better, but I was expecting a better ending to the Dune story.

  From my point of view, the "magic / miraculous" ending was a simple, cheap way to end a wonderful story line. To be honest, I was expecting a story in the line of the original Dune book, with more ... (continue)

  Disappointing; I should had known better, but I was expecting a better ending to the Dune story.

  From my point of view, the "magic / miraculous" ending was a simple, cheap way to end a wonderful story line. To be honest, I was expecting a story in the line of the original Dune book, with more mysticism and less "magic". The "super man" that is outlined in Dune through Paul Atreides, is transformed into Harry Potter in this last book. All his motivations, all his spirit and all his wisdom are trivialised into some cheap thoughts that practically go unexplained.

  This said, it was a good book to read on the beach; its simplicity made it easier to stop and resume.

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  Klank said on Sep 7, 2008 | Add your feedback

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  Argh...

  Not as much intriguing as the previous.
  This book is a poor attempt with a severe lack of deep considerations.
  The grand themes of Dune are here reduced to an awkward blablabla about superhumans with superpowers doing impossibile things just as they wish, without a satisfying explanation.< ... (continue)

  Not as much intriguing as the previous.
  This book is a poor attempt with a severe lack of deep considerations.
  The grand themes of Dune are here reduced to an awkward blablabla about superhumans with superpowers doing impossibile things just as they wish, without a satisfying explanation.
  All is devised as the classic, "black&white" conflict between opposites forces, with none of the subtleties that Frank Herbert was so fond of.

  Here Herbert's spirit and intentions seem to me poorly considered, and the novel brings quite nothing of the previous political complexity that even some of the prequels have.

  Ah, and a lot of questions unanswered >__<

  Worth reading just if you (like me ^__^) WANT SO BAD to know how the two (B. Herbert and Anderson) have envisioned what Herbert had meant DUNE to be.
  Sigh, such a waste...

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  Il Gobb said on Mar 28, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 624 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0340837527
• ISBN-13: 9780340837528
• Publisher: Hodder Paperback
• Pub date: Mar 20, 2008
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback and Hardcover

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