Hunters of Dune (Sci Fi Essential Books) by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Hunters of Dune (Sci Fi Essential Books)
Book Review: Amazing history of Dune
Summary: 4 Stars
They are really good history on how the world of Dune, Great houses, Bene Geserit, and Mentat are started. However I still like the way Frank Herbert writes :pBook Review: Appalling
Summary: 1 Stars
As with the rest of the Brian Herbert/Kevin J Anderson Dune books, this is a clumsy, bungling attempt to continue Frank Herbert's mighty example. The quality of writing is at times so poor as to bring tears to the eyes of any fan of the original Dune novels. Were it not for the weight of his father's reputation, Brian Herbert would surely have been laughed from the world of professioanl literature years ago.Book Review: As Long as We Keep Rubbernecking onto these Accidents...
Summary: 1 Stars
To be fair, the first three "sequexploitations" were not that bad. After all, Kevin J. Anderson, a mediocre author at best (I very much doubt that Herbert's son has anything to do with actually putting words on paper) did not veer far from the great Man's shadow. Small tentative steps around allready well-created characters functioning in a rich world. We, the fans of the original DUNE series, thirsty for more, we followed them. So, the more they sold, the more bold they became. Finally, they shrugged the last stitch of dignity. Do they actually think anyone bought the "in a long-forgotten vault we found my father's notes - for (an UNSPECIFIED NUMBER!!!) of new books"?
Standing on a giant's shoulders they first decided to create a protoDune World. Their next Trilogy introduced or "explained" tiresome Cymecs, a flaccid jihad, shallow characters, all with a simplified repetitive narrative. What is this? DUNE FOR DUMMIES?
Salivating over a larger audience, they decided their readers are barely intelligent enough to function by themselves. Hence, the vapid prose.
Now this one...Ah, it takes the cake. One of the appealing points of the Original Dune universe was its retro novelty. No races, no religions, no nationalities from old Earth. Yet, on the Dune canvas the timeless human psyche was projected in a virtuoso way. The same fears and desires, the same virtues and cardinal sins - all in worlds of sand, worms, Sardaukar, personal shields. And Spice.
Rabbis celebrating passover in Dune? What 's next? A Richard Simmons ghola promoting the new Ixian Thigh-master? Every other religion evolved (remember the Buddislamists?). What do they imply is wrong with Jews? What kind of half-baked racism is this? Not to mention a continuity blunder.
In the Dune prequels, Jews were the precursors of Fremen. Well, were they or were they not?
And something else: from the hot-air balloons to F35 it took us less than 200 years. Ornithopters made their appearance in the original Dune. Don't you THINK that in the following 5,000 years someone might, just MIGHT, have come up with something NEW?
Then again, that's the main problem with this book: wherever there is something new, it flops miserably. They do realize this themselves of course, hence the "new-spice", the "new-facedancers", the "new-BeneGeserits". There is NOTHING new about any of them.
Pass. Let's not encourage them any more.
Book Review: Awful, awful, awful, (repeat endlessly...)
Summary: 1 Stars
There are no words in the English language to describe how bad this book is. Frank Herbert's series is stunning. The only books that compare are Tolkien's. I've seen patterns on toilet paper that were more interesting than Brian Herbert's books. Badly written, boring, at times, stupid. Good lord, I could write a better book myself (I lack the family name to sell them). Partway through, I was hoping an Honored Matre would come and kill me so I wouldn't feel like I had to finish it.
There is too much jumping around, meaning three to seven page segments about a group of characters, then off to another, and then another. It leaves you little time to get interested in the characters themselves.
Next, I'd suggest to the authors that they READ the father's books carefully so they don't screw up as many things as they did. Murbella actually tries to use "voice" on 50 people at once. I laughed out loud.
I loved the original series. I've always wondered where he was going with it. I still don't know, because this book (like all the previous books by Brian Herbert) has nothing to do with Frank Herbert's books.
Book Review: Awsome
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best series ever written. If you have already read the previous 11 books, you need this one and the final one to come in august.