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| Original Title: | The Great Dune Trilogy |
| ISBN: | 0575070706 (ISBN13: 9780575070707) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dune #1-3 |
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Frank Herbert's Dune was in part inspired by his experience working in a research centre in California studying desertification. The realisation of the interrelationship of environment, people and culture coming out of that experience is a key feature of the series. At the centre of the first novel is a desert planet, Arrakis, and the secret desire of its inhabitants to transform it's ecology. It is a great science-fiction novel about systems of power and the role of ecology, although admittedly delivered in an accept it or loath it writing style and with various weird ideas including: Feudalism in space, a stress on lineages in which nonetheless many of the women seem to be mystic-concubines, homosexuality is shorthand for depraved evil, and space Arabs with blue eyes. The sequels are not fascinating unlike the first novel. Full of enthusiasm after reading Dune I read Dune Messiah but it is one of those books that divides the fans from the readers I suppose. In Children of Dune we see the surface of Arrakis beginning to change as the plans to transform the ecology of the plant are being put into effect, and some of the social implications of those changes beginning to emerge, but the book is not as packed with ideas as Dune. For something similarly ambitious yet more consistent in its delivery (& I lost interest in this series as it ran on and on) I personally prefer Brian Aldiss' Helliconia Trilogy. The weigh of the ideas is really all placed in the first volume. The Feudal-Federalism of the Space-Empire, the breeding programme to create a Messiah figure who can guide humanity towards an unpredictable future, the land makes the people and the people make the land, the replacement of computers with specialised people. The subsequent books are really just the working through of the ideas set out there. It is all inevitable and the reading as a result is poorer. Dune perhaps epitomises science-fiction. The willingness to embrace big ideas and show them playing out on a broad canvas married to uneven writing and a a certain 'what-the Hell-ness' as the author lays out their pet sociological/anthropological opinions. The David Lynch film, I feel, captures the oddness of the reading experience quite well and perhaps sets about chopping at the text with a brutality which oddly appropriate. Alternatively it offers a combination of the latter books of the Old Testament with a sensitivity towards the influence of the environment upon man and of man upon the environment. At points this works on its own terms, at others it rather strangles itself with its own pretensions. You have to read it to believe it.Itemize Appertaining To Books The Great Dune Trilogy (Dune #1-3)
| Title | : | The Great Dune Trilogy (Dune #1-3) |
| Author | : | Frank Herbert |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 910 pages |
| Published | : | November 17th 2005 by Gollancz (first published April 1979) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Fiction. Fantasy. Classics |
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Ratings: 4.36 From 55892 Users | 241 ReviewsEvaluate Appertaining To Books The Great Dune Trilogy (Dune #1-3)
Amazing exploration of society and the norms that have been established. Heavy read in the lane of Asimov foundation or Butler in the wildseed series.I'd say one of the greatest books ever written.First one 5 stars. Second book 3 stars. 3 book 2 stars.
Breaking down each book:Dune - 4*I was aware of Dune from the movie, which is one of my favourites (its well worth a watch, because the design team was clearly on something strong). I knew it was based on a book and Id been meaning to read it for a while.I actually have the first three books in an omnibus edition.One thing that struck me is how closely the movie sticks to the plot of the novel, lifting lines and entire scenes directly from the book not something that happens very often.Where it
My friend warned me: it goes down after the first book. But I couldnt help myself and ordered this trilogy the day after finishing Dune. I was not interested as much in the plot, which can dawdle on forever like so many once-great sci-fi series, but rather in how Frank Herbert continued exploring the big ideas of Dune: the Middle East/Dune parallels, Church-State, climate change, the competing myth creations of Paul vs the BG...Book II (Dune Messiah) is the fall of Paul and Book III (Children of
With this latest addition to the so-called Gollancz "Black Library", another classic has been immortalised. If you're looking for a lovely copy to keep, or for a gift, this one has much to like. The black faux-leather has writing imprinted in gold, and it is a nice looking copy. The print type however seems to be of old stock, and a little worn in terms of type - none of that precise digital typography here!In term of the content, there's nothing too exciting. There are the three books of the
Since this was three books in one omnibus, I'll try to review each book...Dune was very detail oriented and much richer than the other books. What was happening was straightforward, leading to a lot of the outcomes being exactly what the reader would expect even if they hadn't seen the movie. (That being said, a lot of points of the movie aren't understood if you haven't read the book. But I prefer to keep the two separated.)Dune Messiah was pretty enjoyable, though it was a bit harder to follow
Although this is the first half of the Dune series, personally I think books 1-4 constitute a proper story arc, But heck, I recommend the whole series, not just the first three books :)
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