Nikolai’s Reviews > Children of Dune > Status Update

"Abandon certainty! That's life's deepest command. That's what life's all about. We're a probe into the unknown, into the uncertain. Why can't you hear Muad'Dib? If certainty is knowing absolutely an absolute future, then that's only death disguised! Such a future becomes now. He showed you this!"

"And he thought: This is the correct path; we do the right thing. But he knew how dangerous it was to be right in this universe."

"One must cast off old agonies as a snake casts off its skin - only to grow a new set and accept all of their limitations."

First impressions:

This really feels like a sequel to Dune, whereas Messiah was an epilogue. Familiar characters returning and what not. So far not at all the dip in quality, that I had heard of. Goes even more into detail about the complex nature of prescience. I'm super curious about that "Golden Path".

"When your actions describe a system of evil consequences, you should be judged by those consequences and not by your explanations."

So happy to be back in this world!