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Manufacturer: Tor Books
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780765312945
ISBN: 0765312948
Label: Tor Books
Manufacturer: Tor Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 512
Publication Date: 2008-09-16
Publisher: Tor Books
Release Date: 2008-09-16
Studio: Tor Books
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Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad’Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert’s next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul’s armies had conquered the galaxy. But what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? Following in the footsteps of Frank Herbert, New York Times bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson are answering these questions in Paul of Dune. The Muad’Dib’s jihad is in full swing. His warrior legions march from victory to victory. But beneath the joy of victory there are dangerous undercurrents. Paul, like nearly every great conqueror, has enemies--those who would betray him to steal the awesome power he commands. . . . And Paul himself begins to have doubts: Is the jihad getting out of his control? Has he created anarchy? Has he been betrayed by those he loves and trusts the most? And most of all, he wonders: Am I going mad? Paul of Dune is a novel everyone will want to read and no one will be able to forget.
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Summary: Wow there are some haters out there...
Comment: I think the book is good. I enjoyed it and look forward to the next book. If you are a purist and think that writing a Dune book is like writing a new chapter in the Bible (Blasphemy), then pass on down the aisle to something else. If you want enjoy the characters in a new way then pick it up. It's that simple. My favorite non Frank book was House Atreides and this one is very close to that for me.
I read all the originals multiple times and the have read all the prequels. These reviews have devolved into a complaint session more or less. The number of complainers should decrease as each book is released but it seems to be the same. If you don't like it why do you keep reading them?
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Summary: Better than some of the others....
Comment: Very forgettable and unnecessary. I would have been ok with this, since I love the Dune universe anyway. I really have been trying to like these new Dune books. Would have been great as fanfiction. In my opinion the writing has gradually improved. If only the authors of Paul of Dune had not contradicted Frank Herbert's original work I might have been able to accept and enjoy this book. Alas! Continuity is apparantly too much to ask for,
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Summary: End of the line
Comment: I give up. I've been slugging through these new Dune books due to my love of the original Dune universe, and that possibly I might be a masochist. Enough is enough though, there is only so much that a person can take. With the rest of the prequels I took all the various inconsistencies, downright contradictions, and simplistic writing thanks to the "joy" of reading something new on Dune. Enough is enough.
I will not give out any spoilers, but what these writers did to justify their various contradictions of Frank Herbert's original books is completely horrifying and outrageous. In the back of my mind as I read that final chapter I was no longer visualizing the Dune universe, I was visualizing the two writers congratulating themselves on their own cleverness at "solving" the neat problem on how to change whatever else they want to change about the universe Frank Herbert created. And to do so calling it the "real" story enabling them to write many more books along the way as well. In my minds eye I saw them slapping each other on the back and that is the vision I held of this book.
As for the actual writing style of the book, it is adequate. I would not complain if it were a stand alone space adventure yarn, set in its own universe and characters. As for a Dune book, like the rest of the prequels everything is flat and two dimensional. The characters of Dune are a far cry from the complex creatures that the father created, they are cardboard characters that can only express a single emotion and whose complexities never delve much deeper than the complexity of putting together a sandwich. I was incredibly surprised (and a little relieved), that some of the characters did not just spontaneously break out into a maniacal laugh to show how evil they were. I was incredibly surprised Shaddam had the brain matter to remember how to breathe.
I would like to write more about the flat plot and characters of the story, how they altered Paul's history, but that would take an entire essay and probably welcome a deletion by Amazon. Needless to say "Paul of Dune" left a taste in my mouth reminiscent of ashes (not that I know what ash tastes like but I am pretty sure that this was close). Their literal dismissal of Frank Herbert's work was outrageous and to me the straw that broke the camel's back. If you're a Dune fan you won't pass this book up because like me you'll read it on the sheer basis it is a Dune book. Otherwise..
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Summary: Captured the spirit of Dune
Comment: This is the first of the Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson Dune series that I have read. Being a big Frank Herbert fan and of Dune in particular, I was intrigued by the premise of this book. So much time elasped from the end of Dune and the beginning of Dune Messiah. I feel the story the authors tell fills in this time period well and very much captures the spirit of Dune in doing so. The book was an very enjoyable read and I recommend it. It has got me interested in reading their other books in their Dune series.
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Summary: First time, not sure about ever again
Comment: This is my first Brian Herbert and Anderson novel. I didn't want to venture into Frank's universe without his writing but Paul of Dune...well, I was always a sucker for this character and how complex he was. There is good and bad with this novel. I mean it's not Frank and you can certainly see that each chapter is missing the depth and skill of his writing but if you can get past that this isn't a bad book. I also don't like rewriting Dune history. Though it's been a long time I'm pretty sure Paul never left Caladan before Dune and I thought a large portion of this book was dedicated to the flashback of Paul as a child during a conflict on a whole different planet...two of them actually.
Show me don't tell me how the Empire grew and grew beyond his control, the conspiracy or plots to kill Paul should be a footnote to his overall Empire considering the biggest plot against him came in Messiah. I like the training of Fremen to swim to fight on water planets, a few chapters dedicated to campaigns that Gurney or Stilgar were leading and even the endless Rebels. I think it lost it's focus once the flashbacks started and the story got off track. There was an opportunity to really dive into the politics of a religious Empire and the complex nature of the man who was thrust into it. Sadly the writers never took us there.
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