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Chapterhouse Dune

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Euan Morton, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, Simon Vance
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The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are tuning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile.

Chapterhouse Dune is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever.

Don't miss other titles in the Dune series.©1985 Frank Herbert (P)2009 Macmillan Audio Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera

Critic Reviews

"Compelling...A worthy addition to this durable and deservedly popular series." (The New York Times)

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while not openly humorous, much like the wiles of the bene gesserit, it is very subtle, and close attention to the dialogue will have one chuckling.

requires a moderate religious appreciation, but truly a gem if you have the tools. sad to have finished the series

herbert finishes with a comedy

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I think there's some corruption of the mp3 file uploaded to audible's servers, around chapter 39 the audio cuts in and out, screeching noises can be heard, and the audio plays back on itself.

Great story, bad audiobook quality

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Once again very high production on this Audiobook.
The story is left with so many threads dangling and being Frank Herbert's last book, we will never truly know where he intended on taking the story. I had stayed away from the next books as not being written by Frank Herbert (even though his son was involved in their writing) they feel like fan fiction.
but after going through this story again this time as an audiobook I will continue the story to 'Hunters of Dune' to see where the story goes.

A great continuation of the Duna Saga

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of the hundreds of audiobooks I've listened, this is by far the worst. Three narrators for all the same characters, making magnanimous stoic figures in one scene to appear completely unhinged children showing tantrums in the next because of different narrator. Some dialogues between characters voiced exactly the same as their own train of thought making it impossible to understand what had been said out aloud and by whom, making it seem like a monologue without any sense.

Appaling example how to ruin a great book

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Another great contribution to the Dune universe. having multiple narrators wasn't bad in itself. The issue was when different narrators pronounced words differently. That was a little annoying. otherwise, a great listen!

another great addition to the dune saga

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this was a great conclusion to the Dune series, but did anyone listen back to it before publication? There was a character named "Sytail" (the correct name) whose name changed periodically to "Skytail" it seemed to be 2 particular readers who made this mistake. Otherwise an excellent performance.

A character's name changed periodically

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A must read for any fan of good literature. The Political insights into Power and Government alone are worth the read.

wonderful writing.

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The original male narrator from the other series has a commanding and balanced voice. These two new narrators voices have childlike and mentally immature tones. Basically they sound vengeful which does not fit the deep maturity and wisdom of this book and its main characters.
Also the audio recording skips and breaks in places.

Enjoyed the story. Broken and inconsistent narration

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Thrilling. Herbert’s final chapter in his Dune Chronicles proves his masterful knowledge of our face-dancing race and his bewitching command of our intrinsic patterns: by his zen acceptance of how we were, are, and may, perhaps, always be.

Great story

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There were more plot threads than usual left unfinished for a Dune book. It seems like not only did Frank Herbert intend to explore some of these in future, but perhaps he rushed the ending on this one. Certainly some things were glazed over. Despite this, it's still a great dune book, and the unintentional flaws end up serving a principle of Frank's novels - you'll have to make up your own mind about what these things meant and where he was going with it all.

Unfinished, unpolished or open ended?

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