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Sandworms of Dune (Paperback)

by Brian Herbert Kevin J. Anderson; (Author)
2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton General; paperback / softback edition (6 Sep 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340837519
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340837511
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 3.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 251,813 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Those who long to return to the world of desert, spice and sandworms will be amply satisfied' --The Times

'Frank Herbert would surely be delighted and proud of this continuation of his vision.' --Dean Koontz

'[Herbert and Anderson] do a great job in investing the plot with heft and complexity and the narrative with pace and momentum, and conveying the sheer ferocity of the betrayals and duplicities . . . a rare, rattling page-turner that no Dune adherent will pass up.' --Kirkus Reviews

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'[Herbert and Anderson] do a great job in investing the plot with heft and complexity and the narrative with pace and momentum, and conveying the sheer ferocity of the betrayals and duplicities . . . a rare, rattling page-turner that no Dune adherent will pass up.'

(Kirkus Reviews on SANDWORMS OF DUNE )

'Frank Herbert would surely be delighted and proud of this continuation of his vision.' (Dean Koontz )

'Those who long to return to the world of desert, spice and sandworms will be amply satisfied' (The Times )

‘A triumphant climax to the history of the Dune universe.’ (Bookseller on THE BATTLE OF CORRIN )

'For those of us who grew up with the world of spice and sand - how gratifying to revisit characters who felt like old friends, now brought to a satisfying conclusion.'

 

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Sandworms of Dune, 14 Nov 2008
By Heather Carmen (West Country, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sandworms of Dune (Paperback)
Before I bought the book: I've just read the reviews for this book since I'm planning to buy it. I'm going to buy it to see what happens despite the face that I knowww that Brian's and Kevin's writing is not the same as Frank's (they do say that in their introduction to 'Hunter Of Dune'). Frank was a genius! He was able to imbue his stories with an overpowering atmosphere of exotic strangeness, love (of all kinds) and mystery. His stories would leave me in an almost melange soaked imaginative state. Brian and Kevin haven't even tried to do that - that's one the main differences and that's what I miss most.

After I had bought and read the book: It's true! It's not very good! It could have been brilliant. Surely Frank's 'golden path' wasn't about man and machine sharing eternal peace together? Like another reviewer, I think I would have preferred to read Frank's notes...
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars How dare they?!!, 31 Jan 2008
By Stephen F. Harris (UK) - See all my reviews
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For all readers new to the Dune series....do not fall into the mistake of assuming that Herbert's original six novels bear any resemblance to this hackneyed, ill-conceived, rushed, canon-contradictory, cash-mining, turgid, terminally thoughtless "work" by these two "authors". Imagine, if you will, a newly-discovered and incomplete Shakespeare play that someone had asked Ernie Wise to finish - yes, it's THAT bad! One star is at least five more than it deserves.
Thank you, rant over!
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22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better, but at least it's over now, 3 Sep 2007
By S. J. Vessey (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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The original Dune books were full of intrigue and scheming as the various factions attempted to manipulate and deceive each other, with layers of nuance and meaning depending on particular choices of words or carefully controlled body language. You certainly always felt that the protagonists were a lot smarter than you, and a lot more switched on. Unfortunately, some time in the last few years, a terrible plague swept through the Dune universe, reducing everyone's ability to understand things that aren't made blindingly obvious to that of your average 21st century 14 year old.

The result is not a total disaster, but on the other hand, if my idea of top quality entertainment was shouting out "it's behind you" I'd go to the local panto.

Let's face it, anyone who's come this far in the series is going to buy this to find out what happens, and in that respect the book finally ties up all the big loose ends that were left hanging at the end of Chapterhouse. Whether or not you'll be left thinking that the resolution is a satisfactory (or even believeable) one is another matter. Too many characters and factions suddenly change the ingrained behaviour of a lifetime within the last few chapters, while others simply conform to irrational stereotypes, and a number of the key people from the last novel turn out to be essentially pointless fluff. To be honest, by the end I was hoping that Omnius would finally win just to have done with it.

Having said all that, I'm glad they wrote it, because it does finally bring some closure to the storyline after all these years. Kudos to the authors for even attempting it.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Really not that bad.....
I have to disagree with many of these reviews. Ofc it's not as good as God Emporor.... but what is?? Nothing in my opinion. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Fishwah

2.0 out of 5 stars Disapointing
In my opinion the prequels were as good as the original DUNE. I loved them. But the 2 sequels are a pale shade of it. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Paulo Fonte

1.0 out of 5 stars Noooo!
Brian and Kevin, you should both be pelted with rotten fruit in the town square. Why is this so bad? Read more
Published 7 months ago by Top Tec

1.0 out of 5 stars Not in a million years.... (Spoilers included)
I too have been waiting for this book to appear for some 20 odd years Then here it was, or here they were. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Daron G. Woodward

5.0 out of 5 stars a good ending
I've now read all the dune books and loved them all. With Dune I always thought of it like Shogun in space. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Scl Merrifield

1.0 out of 5 stars Just awful
Most people would agree that the quality of Frank Herbert's Dune series declined after the first volume, which is understandable as that is one of the classics of Science Fiction... Read more
Published 18 months ago by D. Patrick

3.0 out of 5 stars A disappointing end to the Dune Saga
I'm a long time fan of the original Dune books; I first read and enjoyed Dune back in the Seventies when I was still at school. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Kevin Leah

1.0 out of 5 stars What an awful book...
We waited 25 odd years for the denouement to Chapterhouse, only to be served up with this nonsense. I feel cheated. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Duncan Idaho

1.0 out of 5 stars Utter Rubbish
If you really want to know how the saga ends - ignore everything up till the last chapter of this awful book. Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. Ives

1.0 out of 5 stars OOOOppssss we wrote a duffer!
My god if anyone thinks this book is good.........well they are wrong. Here is the best lesson in how to destroy anyones great work just by being the fruit of their loins... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Paul Geary

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