Spiritul Dunei

by William A. Mitchell, Sorin Panait (Translator)

Dune Revenant ("Fan Fiction" version of sequel to Chapterhouse Dune
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…„Există ceva din Dune care trăieşte şi după moartea sa. Poate o poartă încărcătura noastră de viermi de nisip, perle ale conştiinţei lui Leto. Poate o porţi chiar tu, Sheeana.” …„Ceea ce văd sfidează temporalul, un spirit fără trup al unei lumi sfărâmate. Acest Spirit al Dunei hoinăreşte odată cu noi, caută o lume pe care s-o bântuie aşa cum noi căutăm una s-o locuim. Fără astâmpăr, cum suntem şi noi fără astâmpăr.”

94 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Chen-Wei Cheong · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed a lot of the speculative fan fiction that was written in this, and I would have loved to see some of it included in the final Dune 7, but alas, it was not meant to be.
The writing was imaginative and drew on a lot from the previous Dune novels by Frank Herbert. I enjoyed how the Ixians developed their technology along the lines where they were almost robots.
Recommended for all Dune fans out there.

[Clayton]

Just to get some obvious things out of the way… this is fan fiction written before Hunters and Sandworms of Dune. Not only is it fan fiction, it’s incomplete fan fiction. So if you want to know right off the bat whether this is good or not, then the answer is no - it’s not good. But if you finished Chapterhouse Dune and need something to scratch that itch, maybe this will help? I hesitate to say that it’s a satisfying take on Dune 7 because there’s a lot of bad writing and many plot points that seem wildly divergent from where Frank Herbert was going at the end of chapterhouse, but there’s also stuff that will make you think maybe this is along the right path?

Probably the single thing that I was most disappointed in where the focus on Ix when it seemed pretty obvious to me that Frank Herbert felt like their role in the series had ended with the invention of the no ships. Every time they’re mentioned afterwards, it’s usually to say how much they’ve declined. So for them to all of a sudden be such a large focal point of the story is inconsistent with Frank Herbert’s vision.

At the same time it’s also nice to see some things that are clearly drawn from Heretics and Chapterhouse. Namely, the idea that Sheeana leaves because the Bene Gesserit/Honored Matres union will be the ultimate bureaucracy and that this victory is not really good news. I also appreciate that the one of many faces are face dancers and not thinking machines.

[Ben]

seems quite promising

[Daniel]

Need to definitely re-read it...

[Kirk Lowery · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fan fiction. Not great.