Children of Dune - Bitnexus BookWyrm

408 pages

English language

Published 1977 by Berkley Publishing Group.

ISBN:: 978-0-425-03310-4

Children of Dune is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the third in his Dune series of six novels. Originally serialized in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1976, it was the last Dune novel to be serialized before book publication. At the end of Dune Messiah, Paul Atreides walks into the desert, a blind man, leaving his sister Alia to rule the universe as regent for his twin children, Leto II and Ghanima. Awakened in the womb by the spice, the children are the heirs to Paul's prescient vision of the fate of the universe, a role that Alia desperately craves. House Corrino schemes to return to the throne, while the Bene Gesserit make common cause with the Tleilaxu and Spacing Guild to gain control of the spice and Paul's children. Initially selling over 75,000 copies, it became the first hardcover best-seller in science fiction. The novel …

Children of Dune is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the third in his Dune series of six novels. Originally serialized in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1976, it was the last Dune novel to be serialized before book publication. At the end of Dune Messiah, Paul Atreides walks into the desert, a blind man, leaving his sister Alia to rule the universe as regent for his twin children, Leto II and Ghanima. Awakened in the womb by the spice, the children are the heirs to Paul's prescient vision of the fate of the universe, a role that Alia desperately craves. House Corrino schemes to return to the throne, while the Bene Gesserit make common cause with the Tleilaxu and Spacing Guild to gain control of the spice and Paul's children. Initially selling over 75,000 copies, it became the first hardcover best-seller in science fiction. The novel was critically well-received for its plot, action, and atmosphere and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1977. Dune Messiah (1969) and Children of Dune were collectively adapted by the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003 into a miniseries titled Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.

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Caffeinated Book Dragon reviewed Children of Dune by فرانك هربرت

Sprawling much like it's landscape, plans within plans, and yet, you want to know more...

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It took me several tries to start and re-start this book because life just got in the way and I know I'd forgotten some characters and plot points after a while, so I'd just re-start a month later or something. I only took about a month to read it this time, which is long for me, but life is still in the way. But it was close enough that I could remember much of the story as things went along.

I'd heard enough about the Dune universe to know that Leto II was gonna make a significant change to become the God Emperor later on, and this book does a slow build in revealing how that path was coming. I'm still unclear on a few things, but this series is captivating enough and the characters so fleshed out that I'll re-tackle it after I finish this first run through …

It took me several tries to start and re-start this book because life just got in the way and I know I'd forgotten some characters and plot points after a while, so I'd just re-start a month later or something. I only took about a month to read it this time, which is long for me, but life is still in the way. But it was close enough that I could remember much of the story as things went along.

I'd heard enough about the Dune universe to know that Leto II was gonna make a significant change to become the God Emperor later on, and this book does a slow build in revealing how that path was coming. I'm still unclear on a few things, but this series is captivating enough and the characters so fleshed out that I'll re-tackle it after I finish this first run through of the original 6 books. I think it boils down to the ecology Frank Herbert spends so much time with, to make it make sense in this very distant, crazy universe of his.

I'm maybe 90% sure I got the gist of what I'd learned (again, too distracted for focus, damned ADHD), but the major threads and events made sense, so I'm prepared enough for the next book. I'll rate the book later when I've had a chance to revisit.

Dani

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Feb. 18, 2024