Dune Paperback – September 30, 2021

Dune is so much more than a story about a messiah figure on a waterless planet. It goes deep into exploring how interstellar space travel may alter religion and how humans will understand genisus after seeing so much more of creation, it leaps beyond the current tension of humanity and technology and puts the resolution of this into its distant past. It doesn’t recreate physics or biology or any science, but it reframes all of these into new settings with new parameters. If you want to consider our world by traveling to a different one and looking back, read Dune.

I've watched the movies and have loved every minute of them. I knew that if I read the book. I'd love the movies even more. I'm only 100 pages into the book so far. And I'm loving it so much. This is really Sci-fi at its best.

I'm in awe of Herbert's ability to talk so deeply—in a technical way—about something he made up. He basically invented his own religion, goverment structure, and technological devices. However, he's capable of explaining all of its complexities as if they were real. That's impressive. Sadly, it can also be extreamly boring, and there are several sections in the book like that. In other words, sometimes it feels like Herbert talks too much about things that are not exactly important and in a way that is not concise or direct. I think that's the most difficult part of reading the book, but besides that, it was a total pleasure. There are a lot of interesting plot twists, and also I have to admit that the fremen world is very intriguing. By the way, sometimes there's an important time jump between chapters, but I guess that's common on these type of books. Overall, it was a great experience and it's definitely a must if you have seen the movie.

I been wanting to read this foe a while. It was slow in the beginning but it was a great read. My only other knowledge was the old movie with sting and sir Patrick Stewart

I’ve probably read this book close to a dozen times in my 45 years. It is so complex and nuanced, I can always pick up this book and even knowing it by wrote will always find it interesting and exciting and taught me several lessons about dealing with people

DuneA book review by Nathan PoulsonWritten by Frank Herbert in 1959, “Dune” is an epic adventure of political betrayal, ecological brinkmanship, and messianic deliverance. It won science fiction’s highest awards—the Hugo and the Nebula—and went on to sell more than twelve million copies during Herbert’s lifetime. The mantel piece of sci-fi, Star Wars, owes many of its’ widely popular ideas to Dune. To this day, it is still acclaimed by readers and critics alike as a “science-fiction masterpiece”. I highly recommend it to all readers, as I believe it will put a new perspective on things, deepen your understanding, and excite you to the edge of your seat.Dune follows the 15 year old boy Paul Atriedies and his mother, Jessica Atriedies in the very distant future. He is an only child of the duke of the Royal house of Atriedies. The house is given the stewardship over the desert planet of Arrakis or “Dune”, which controls the most valuable resource in the universe, the spice. On the planet where water is more valuable than gold, desert sand worms that are bigger than spaceships, life is lived to the extreme. With the spice comes a longer life span, increased perception, and in some cases prediction of the future, but at the cost of being highly addictive. The Harkonens, a noble house that previously owned the planet is intent on revenge and recapturing the spice. The spacing guild, which relies on the spice for navigating their spacecraft, is also intent on preventing anyone restricting or destroying their monopoly on space travel. Paul finds himself thrown into the mystery of Dune and its fierce natives, the Fremen. They think he is the savior their prophecy speaks of - is he destined to be the great preserver of their world or a false prophet to be purged? With multiple factions fighting, deceiving, and pulling strings, you never know quite what to expect in this awesome futuristic battleground.One side I really like about Dune is that it is not just a distant sci-fi to be enjoyed, but a book to learn and understand from. I really enjoy the themes Herbert establishes in the plot; one of them including the danger of entrusting too much power to a super being. Although his themes might be very serious and almost depressing, I admire that he has the courage to end the story based in reality, instead of a unrealistic Hollywood ending with no depth.Although the plot was very engaging, at some times the writing style really dragged things down. This can be a real turn off for even patient readers as Frank ambles around in unimportant details describing made up words and the very boring thought process of the characters. This is the one thing that made this otherwise a perfect book. Even though I thought the plot was almost pulling me down, somehow I still enjoyed it through the few sparks of almost perfect harmony when the style actually worked for the story.What makes Dune so special is the pure atmosphere. You can really tell that Frank put in a lot of effort into his fictional world and society. Even though the story is set in another universe, the planets, the characters, and the motives seem very real. He had the worlds built before he set the plot on them; you can see he studied Greek and Near East history extensively to make this book really come to life.Most books have characters that you can easily relate to. With Dune, it is a little bit harder to do that. In it, you have a story that instead of a personal account, it is more like a “retelling” and it is sometimes a little harder to relate to the feelings and values of the characters. My favorite character Paul is the most distant character for most of the book. Most of this isolation comes from the fact that people look to him as an idol, even though he still has human flaws. Throughout the book Paul is the character with the most burdens, and in constant pressure that he doesn’t measure up to other’s expectation of him. “They think they have a God, but I am only a man”. In reality he is a character we can all reflect from, he just has some layers in his personality that you have to peel away to really get to the core.This book is near from perfect, but it still hits home. Frank Herbert has done a difficult thing that combines ancient myths and stories with laser guns and mind control. He was the first one to do it, and the last to do it so well. Even without its deeper meanings, this is still a great read to just casually absorb. I cannot explain to you how amazing this book really is; so experience it yourself and pick up a copy, you will be surprised to what it has to offer.