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The epic that began with the HUGO and NEBULA Award-winning classic DUNE -- now a major motion picture from the director of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival -- continues ...

The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green, watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides, who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy, is gone.

But for the children of Dune, the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms, and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's economy.

Leto and Ghanima, Paul Atreides's twin children and his heirs, can see possible solutions - but fanatics begin to challenge the rule of the all-powerful Atreides empire, and more than economic disaster threatens ...

Read the series which inspired the 2021 Denis Villeneuve epic film adaptation, Dune, starring Oscar Isaac, Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya and Josh Brolin.

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I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings ― Arthur C. Clarke on Dune

It is possible that Dune is even more relevant now than when it was first published ― The New Yorker on Dune

An astonishing science fiction phenomenon ― The Washington Post on Dune

One of the monuments of modern science fiction ― The Chicago Tribune on Dune

Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious ― Robert A. Heinlein on Dune

A novel of extraordinary complexity ... the work of a speculative intellect with few rivals in modern SF ― The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction on Dune

A tight mesmerising fabric, interwoven with a potent element of mysticism ... intensely realised ― Brian W. Aldiss on Dune

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gollancz; 1st edition (27 January 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 147323378X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1473233782
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13 x 3 x 19.8 cm

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Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first SF story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of 'Dune World' and 'The Prophet of Dune' that were amalgamated in the novel Dune in 1965.

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Peter Hughes

Running out of ideas

Reviewed in Australia on 14 July 2019

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These Dune novels all drop 1 star as your progress through the series imo.
I gave Dune 1 four stars, no 2 gets 3 stars.
This no 3 gets 2 stars and so on.
The author just runs out of good ideas but milks the series for all it's worth.

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John Warner

Children of Dune: an unrewarding nopvel

Reviewed in Australia on 30 June 2014

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'Children of Dune': The dreariest of the Dune novels with much introspection and character analysis and very little positive action.

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Valeria Rainato

best sci fi story ever written

Reviewed in Australia on 1 January 2015

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Great saga. Highly recommend!

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My absolute favourite SF book

Reviewed in Australia on 12 June 2018

Children of Dune is a fantastic read. It is both gripping and yet poignant. The story of loss and greatness, hardship and absolute indulgence. I love the building tension and the ultimate climax is superb. Beautifully written and absolutely re-readable, I personally have read it at least six times.
My only criticism is actually the number of type errors in this particular version.

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Martin Gardner

Don't buy this edition!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 November 2016

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Children of Dune rounds off a trilogy of what is still the best science fiction I have ever read. I re-read it every few years, always finding something new in this complex and cosmic narrative. However, this series of Kindle editions is just awful! There are terrible word substitutions on every page. 'Leto' frequently becomes 'Leo', 'morning light' becomes 'moaning light', 'Golden Path' became 'Golden Paw'!! Dune Messiah from the same series had the same problem. These are not simple books, dealing as they do with so many esoteric subjects, but these Kindle versions become almost unreadable with their idiotic and distracting errors. It's like trying to read YouTube subtitles in novel form. Don't waste your money on this edition or this series!

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Alyssia Cooke

Better than book 2

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 April 2021

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It's taken me the better part of a week and a half to get through this book and I can't even blame the length of the title for my slowness. That said, this is a far better book than its predecessor, Dune Messiah, which lacked in plot and character development. However, it still doesn't stand up against the original Marvel that was Dune. It's a far slower, more introspective book than Dune was and perhaps relies a little too much on plots within plots that take forever to get moving. But despite the slow pace, I still found myself enamoured with the writing and the narrative.

The characters here are far stronger in their own right than Messiah, which relied far too heavily on the initial book. This is perhaps because several of these characters are new; Muad'dib's twin children for instance and even those who were present in previous novels have undergone changes and development. This made for some fascinating character studies, particularly within the children who have a wealth of experience from previous lives and yet have not physically developed past adolescence. I also enjoyed Alia's descent into possession and madness, even as she clings fast to the power her regency gives her. A lot is made of this throughout the book and I had hopes it would play more of a role in the finale than it actually did, but it was well done regardless.

All in all, there is a lot to love about this book. Is it as good as Dune? No. But then that would have been difficult considering that novel is as close to a masterpiece as I have had the pleasure to read. It's slower pace does seem to drag at points, and Herbert seemed to delight in feeding you snippets of information in small increments. In the vein of Messiah, there are also long derailments about philosophy, religion and the meaning of power. Where this really shines though is in the writing and the characterisations, and it is definitely helped by having a far more cohesive plot than Dune Messiah.

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FictionFan

Just say no!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 July 2015

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(This is the third book in the Dune series and therefore the review will contain spoilers for the first two, Dune and Dune Messiah. And maybe even some for this one. You have been warned!)

It is 9 years since the blinded and heartbroken Paul Muad'dib walked off into the desert of Dune to die. His weird little children, Leto and Ghanima, take after their Auntie Alia in so many ways – prescient, gifted or cursed with the memories of all their ancestors, nuts. Until now I thought the horrid little kids who sing the duet in Polar Express were the creepiest children ever, but Leto and Ghani have them beat hands down! Alia, meantime, has overindulged so much in the spice drug melange that she has become what the Bene Gesserit feared – an Abomination! No longer able to control all the voices of her ancestors inside her head, she has fallen under the influence of the strongest of them – the evil Baron Harkonen. Leto and Ghani look on this as a warning and are assiduously avoiding doing the spice drug conversion thingy that Rev Mothers do, as they think this is what caused Alia to become Abominable.

Meantime Jessica has returned to the folds of the Bene Gesserit and has now been sent back to Arrakis (Dune) for reasons that remain somewhat hazy. Basically she appears to be trying to protect the genetic line by persuading Leto and Ghani (9-year-old twins, remember) to mate and breed. It's always good to have a supportive granny, isn't it? And has Paul really died in the desert? Who is the mysterious Preacher who keeps popping up and calling Alia names? If he is Paul, why is he trying to undermine his family's rule? Why do Leto and Ghani want to get to Jacurutu? How come Leto is having prescient dreams if he's not taking spice? What is the Golden Path that Leto keeps banging on about as the way to save something? Save what? Or who? Seriously – if you know the answers, do tell – personally I'm baffled!

The book starts off well, getting straight into the story. I was about to say that it's important to read these in order or you wouldn't have a clue what was going on but... I did read them in order and I still found this one almost completely incomprehensible! I can only assume that Mr Herbert too may have been sampling the delights of mind-altering substances while writing, and I wondered if perhaps it's necessary to be doped up to the eyeballs to follow the 'plot'. Unfortunately, having no illicit drugs to hand, I was forced to attempt it on wine only and that clearly wasn't strong enough. (I also tried sobriety – but that was so much worse!)

The thing is it seems as if it's going to be good. The writing is as good as usual and Herbert creates a nicely chilling atmosphere. The description of all the personalities within Alia trying to take control of her mind is brilliantly done, and Leto and Ghani channelling the thoughts of their dead parents is incredibly creepy. Herbert uses Leto's mullings on what he should do as a vehicle to indulge in a bit of philosophising about the Cold War concerns of his own time, concluding unsurprisingly that the American Way of Life is best. There are loads of conspiracies going on with everyone scheming against everyone else, and Herbert makes this a fascinating look at the loneliness and ultimate fragility of power.

But... Herbert forgets to tell us what's actually going on! Having a rotten memory, I usually jot down brief notes for review purposes – here's one of my notes... “About 2/3 now – haven't a clue what's going on, don't like anybody, don't care who wins (wins what?) and thoroughly bored with the psychedelic drugs, man! Lots of pseudo profundity that's supposed to be taken seriously and sooooo repetitive. Just want it to be over now.” You can tell I was really enjoying it!

The last third shows some brilliant imagination even if it's frankly weird to the point of laughable. I have to mention the sandtrouts...

(Spoiler!!! Spoiler!!! Spoiler!!!)

The bit where Leto and the sandtrouts merge is without a doubt one of the most inspired pieces of lunacy I've ever read, made beautifully squirmily disgusting by the quality of the writing. But when the process turns Leto into some kind of pint-sized superhero who can leap tall buildings in a single bound and destroy hardened warriors with one punch, I began to giggle. And, during the big dramatic finale, that giggling turned into uncontrollable, tears-running-down-the-face, hysteria when he picked up his Abominable Auntie Alia and swung her around his head! I'm not altogether convinced that was the effect Herbert was aiming for...

Great start, incomprehensible middle, unintentionally hysterical end. The last sentence of my notes reads “Right load of old tosh!” and I stand by that! Will I be reading more of the Dune books? Not for the foreseeable future... see? I'm prescient too...

2½ stars for me, so rounded up.

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Runions

Fabulous book - but don't buy this edition!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 September 2020

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I love this book but made the mistake of buying this edition (Gollancz; New Ed Edition (13 Mar. 2003)) to replace my old, tattered copy. Almost illegible in places. On the first page, you can't tell commas from periods and the words are so blurry that I thought it was my eyes. Smelling mistakes and incorrect weeds throughout. Why, oh why, isn't this 3rd book available from Hodder Paperbacks who have produced beautiful versions of the first two books?

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HazyOrange

Great story Poor edition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 January 2019

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The story is brilliant, but this print run is truly awful. The font is very small and badly printed. The quality of the printing varies from one page to another, from poor to almost illegible.
If you can get hold of any other version of the story I would do so. It is a very poor experience when you are having to squint at the page to try and figure out what you are trying to read.

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