Chapterhouse: Dune
by:
Frank Herbert (author)
The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world--and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. Here is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death. A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend...
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The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world--and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. Here is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death. A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever...
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780441102679 (0441102670)
ASIN: 441102670
Publish date: July 1st 1987
Publisher: Ace/Berkley Publishing
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Series: Dune Chronicles (#6)
I had such a hard time getting through this book, and this is coming from someone who liked God Emperor of Dune. I think so much of the beginning is banter back and forth about what to do about the Honored Matres, the story wore out on me. Although the ending gave everything the story had set up, wi...
This is a book best read immediately after Herbert's preceding volume, Heretics of Dune. This I did not do, which may have been the reason why I did not like it as much as his previous books in the series. Then again, it may have also been the repetitiveness of the book, as it seemed by the point th...
Book: 3 starsAudio CD: 3 starsIn Dune, Frank Herbert achieved a near perfect balance of story, character and exposition. In fact, the story and characters expressed the themes of the book, and Herbert avoided long, philosophical discursions. Dune is a self-contained novel needing no prequels or sequ...
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