Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Sandworms of Dune
Book Review: Ultimate Kwisatz Haderach or Ultimate Failure?
Summary: 1 Stars
To be fair to Herbert and Anderson, Frank Herbert had a number of dum ideas. Among the insideous creations: face dancers; gholas; axlotl tanks; and worst of all Leto II becoming a sandworm.
But what made Herbert's stories work; was that he was a great writer capable of taking the dumbest ideas and making something out of them. Something intriquing, something worth reading.
In Sandworms of Dune, readers are left with the worst of Herbert's ideas, taken by SF's worst writers, who conspire to create a terrible book in an attempt to enhance the cash hoards of Hourse Herbert and House Anderson.
In Sandworms of Dune, the no-ship continues through space with its gholas; Omnius marches through the empire destroying human worlds; the Bene Gesserit puts up a futile attempt to stop Omnius; the face dancers just infiltrate the humans making these worse; and the Oracle of Time has some mysterious purpose which is never revealed until the end. To about pg 475 of 549; everything goes against the humans.
Then the ending is a complete disappointment with human victory hinging on the help of Erasmus and the Oracle of Time, both of whom don't have any motivation to help the humans bc they both hate them.
Other than Duncan Idaho, no one on the Ithaca really does anything. And even he doesn't do much other than proclaim himself the Ultimate Kwisatz Haderach. Pretty stupid. In fact, the authors just ended up eliminating the ghola children bc they didn't know what to do with them.
Overall, poor imagination; bad writing; and stupid ideas make this book a complete failure.
Book Review: crapworms of dukie
Summary: 1 Stars
I don't think I've ever read a book that made me as angry as this one did. I got viscerally upset at the *conclusion* to the Dune Saga, it felt cheap and hastily done, with little or no respect to long time fans of the series.
It is definitely not up to par with their previous works, and understandably falls into the shadow of the literary genius of Frank Herbert.
I would not recommend this book to anyone to be completely honest. Not even a shipwrecked sailor with nothing else to read besides the label from a can of baked beans.
Book Review: sandworms of dune
Summary: 5 Stars
i have only read half the book todate but it is by far there best so far highly recommended cheers ian