Frank Herbert
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 471 pages Rating: 3.86 | 51997 Users | 912 Reviews
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| Title | : | Heretics of Dune (Dune #5) |
| Author | : | Frank Herbert |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 471 pages |
| Published | : | August 15th 1987 by Ace Books (first published April 15th 1984) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy |
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With more than ten million copies sold, Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune books stand among the major achievements of the human imagination. In this, the fifth and most spectacular Dune book of all, the planet Arrakis--now called Rakis--is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying. And the children of Dune's children awaken from empire as from a dream, wielding the new power of a heresy called love...Particularize Books To Heretics of Dune (Dune #5)
| Original Title: | Heretics of Dune |
| ISBN: | 0441328008 (ISBN13: 9780441328000) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dune #5, Dune Universe #16 |
| Characters: | Miles Teg, Scytale, Darwi Odrade, Duncan Idaho, Sheeana, Tamalane, Alma Mavis Taraza, Lucilla, Tylwyth Waff |
| Setting: | Arrakis Gammu |
| Literary Awards: | Prometheus Award Nominee for Best Libertarian Science Fiction Novel (1985), Prix Cosmos 2000 (1986) |
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Ratings: 3.86 From 51997 Users | 912 ReviewsAssess Out Of Books Heretics of Dune (Dune #5)
First thing let me say that I've read this book three times over the years and in my opinion Heretics of Dune is one of the best books in the saga, up to par with the first one. While the previous book, God-Emperor was quite philosophical heavy and some might say action-less, the fifth book is nothing like that and returns to original form, with lots of action, different character focus, various plots, combined with the mysticism, religion and philosophical discourse we were used to. The events
This is my absolute favorite Sci-Fi book that completely blew my mind when I first read it. It is much more then just a means of entertainment. It is perhaps one of the most revolutionary commentaries on the anthropological analysis of the usage of language, sexuality, ecology, economics, religion, and military power all tied together. I first read this book before any of the earlier books in the Dune series by Frank Herbert. Because it occurs thousands of years after the earlier books, it can
Buddy read with Athena!The surest way to keep a secret is to make someone think they already know the answer.The tyrant God Emperor has returned to the sands of Dune. The universe that was once ruled by Houses Corrino and Atreides have fallen into chaos and is controlled by dozens of bickering factions. The Bene Gesserit and the Tleilaxu struggle for power, but their ambitions are contested by billions of humans returning from the Scattering. But on the surface of Dune, a small girl might be
Compared to the questionable God Emperor of Dune, this regains some of the original Dune novels taste for plots, counter-plots, espionage, conspiracies and so on. God Emperor of Dune was too heavy with little action to break it up, and besides, it was so hard to visualise Leto II as the hybrid creature he became. Heretics of Dune however is a big return to form, with lots of action and different character focus, combined with the mysticism, religion and philosophical discourse that characterises
I know, you are like, wait, 5 stars? Really? And I am, like, I really enjoyed this book. I mean, I learned about much of the Dune universe that was never mentioned in the first four books (sex, Ix, the Tleilaxu, the Bene Geserit proscription of love...) and I really liked Teg amd Odrade and even Lucillle and the new ghola. The action was great especially at the end (even if Tegs capture of the Honored Matres no-ship was frustratingly fast-forwarded. Philosophically, there was a LOT to chew on
This is kind of an odd book. It takes place at least "several millennia" after God Emperor of Dune ends [based on the dust jacket], but a blurb inside implies it could be as much as ten thousand years after the fourth book. As a result, it is hard to quantify. The tempo of the book changes; it starts off 'slow' and plods along until the latter third-to-fourth of the book. Then, the pace noticeably quickens, due in part to how the story jumps around as it draws to a close. It is hard to follow at
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