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Frank Herbert The Great Dune Trilogy
The Great Dune Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune
- GenresScience FictionFantasy
910 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2020
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About the author
Frank Herbert
547 books16.5k followersFranklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire series is considered to be among the classics of the genre.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire series is considered to be among the classics of the genre.
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September 24, 2024
Finishing this book feels like the end of an era. On to the second trilogy 🤪
January 15, 2025
Waanzinnig!
December 2, 2024
Dune - 4.5 stars
A real good book. A great start to the story of the Atreides family. For me it only gets 4,5 stars because I have seen both of the never movies and the old David Lynch movie so the plot was know before. Which is not the books fault, but it does color my reveiw of it.
Dune Messiah - 4.75 stars
An even better book in my opinion. Partly because it was something I did not know already, something new. This book is short and somewhat intense but it introduces alot of new concepts that I think bring alot to the book, the world and the concept as a whole.
Children of Dune- 4 stars
What I think is the weakest of the three. Still a very good book, but it is something between, a beginning of something new in the Atreides story. The book also goes a little bananas with the story and the concepts - which is nice, but very weird
Looking forward to reading the last three of the Frank Herbert books. I do not want to read the Brian Herbert books.
A real good book. A great start to the story of the Atreides family. For me it only gets 4,5 stars because I have seen both of the never movies and the old David Lynch movie so the plot was know before. Which is not the books fault, but it does color my reveiw of it.
Dune Messiah - 4.75 stars
An even better book in my opinion. Partly because it was something I did not know already, something new. This book is short and somewhat intense but it introduces alot of new concepts that I think bring alot to the book, the world and the concept as a whole.
Children of Dune- 4 stars
What I think is the weakest of the three. Still a very good book, but it is something between, a beginning of something new in the Atreides story. The book also goes a little bananas with the story and the concepts - which is nice, but very weird
Looking forward to reading the last three of the Frank Herbert books. I do not want to read the Brian Herbert books.
June 11, 2025
IDK, took me 5 and a half months of on and off reading to get through. I just didn't like much of it at all.
July 22, 2024
Heel erg goed verhaal. Meeslepend. Sterke characters. Interssante setting.
Sterk verhaal en harde wereld die is gecreeerd is door Frank Herbert.
Sterk verhaal en harde wereld die is gecreeerd is door Frank Herbert.
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