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: Disappointed
Summary: 2 Stars
I have been an avid fan of the Dune series since I first read Dune while I was in college about 30 years ago. I have eagerly awaited the release of each book in the series. I was totally disappointed with this installment. This book was a total bore to read and understand. Its plot line was uninteresting and I instead of enjoying it, I felt like I was reading it only out of dedication only. It has been a long time since I did homework, but reading this book seemed like I was doing it again. In the prologue the authors state that this book was written from original notes of Frank Herbert. If that is the case, then he should be glad he did not write this book himself.
Book Review: Disappointing, Save Your Money
Summary: 1 Stars
Earlier novels by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson received postive assessments from this reviewer,despite the authors' poor pacing and wooden writing styles. Not this book. I re-read Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune in anticipation of the release. It is impossible to believe that their interpretation conforms with what Frank Herbert intended. There is little plot interconnection with the earlier novels. Herbert clearly indicated that sometime happened to the human race during the Scattering that followed the reign of the God Emperor. The Honored Matres were running from that. At the same time, they themselves were 'no longer human.' The apocalypse the Golden Path was intended to avoid clearly focused on the potential for humanity to destoy itself, not some alien force. Not a direction for this book. Instead, we have a very bad rip-off of the Gregory Benford Galactic Center series. Worst of all, human evolution has retreated about 50,000 years. Every character was so very, very smart in the earlier novels. Now they are incredibily dumb and cannot see the obvious. Other reviewers, without spoiling the book and the remaining sequel, have pointed out other numerous flaws: bad writing, fragmented chapters, silly plot convolutions, complete distortion of who the mysterious characters at the end of the novel are (everyone knows they're Herbert and his late wife in altered guise -- he knew he would not live to finish the final book). You will do better to remain with the mystery about where Herbert might taken the conclusion. Let your own imagination take you to that unexplored universe. This bad work will not.Book Review: Dune 7 (at least half of it) at last!
Summary: 5 Stars
Been waiting for this for eons, and it doesn't disappoint. The prose is different than Frank's I will say that, but the fact that it's being written directly from the outline left by the man himself... it's truly exciting to see the swan song of the Dune series coming to light.
Don't believe the Talifans.
Book Review: Dune as comic book
Summary: 4 Stars
How well you regard this book depends on what your expectations are. If your knowledge of Dune is limited to the prequels or if you got bogged down at "Children Of Dune", then you're going to entertained - it's a fast page turner with some much-needed recapping of the baroque Dune storyline. But if you're looking for meat, depth or dignity well - this ain't it! One could go on and on about the oversimplification and reduction going on here, the misapplications of Dune tech and the "superpower inflation" that many of the Dune books fall prey to. Biggest disappointment was bringing Omnius back into the picture - as much as I enjoyed the Atredies prequels, the Butlerian Jihad prequels were simply malevolent in their horribleness. But was it fun? Oh yes, great fun - even if I do feel slightly soiled for enjoying it. 3.5 stars really, but I'll round up simply because many of the reviews seem to be damning it for not being another "Dune", rather than for not holding its own against SF as a category.Book Review: Dune, the MOST Briilliant Sci-Fi Series of all times
Summary: 5 Stars
I have waited for almost 20 years for this book.....and it was worth more than I paid.....can't wait for Sandworms of Dune...Bravo Guys, keep up the good work.