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Children of Dune

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Scott Brick, Simon Vance
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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.
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©1976 Frank Herbert (P)2008 Macmillan Audio
Classics Fantasy Space Opera
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Critic Reviews

"Ranging from palace intrigue and desert chases to religious speculation and confrontations with the supreme intelligence of the universe, there is something here for all science fiction fans." ( Publishers Weekly)
"A major event." ( Los Angeles Times)

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excellent

loved this book. it was definitely my favourite after the first book! It really starts to pick up momentum by the half way point and then it just takes off!!

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Great Narration & Cool Story

The VA was super good, and some of the dialogue was funny. Bit of a struggle to follow what's going on at times in the story, and it seems like Irulan's character got kinda shafted to the side for this story. Pretty good.

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so so... cryptic

found it hard to engage with... confusing at parts... definitely needs a reread to absorb properlly.. nowhere near as thrilling as thr orginal novel.. the again what novels are?!

Better than Dune Messiah (book 2).

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Return to glory

Children of Dune is a very well-written, satisfying story. I found the previous book very slow, and fairly boring, so I’m really glad this book captured and improved on the original Dune atmosphere.

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That ending though?

Easy favourite of the first three Dune books. Could’ve used a bit more action but Lato and Jessica totally made me love it

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Just amazing

There are good writers and then you have great ones Frank and c s lewis are easily some of the best authors I have read. Their books are so perfectly detailed and complex but easy to follow and they make me fall in love with reading. I definitely recommend

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Best of the first three books

Wow, just when I thought that Frank Herbert was liable to run out of incredibly nuanced and novel storytelling ideas and the profound philosophical insights into the human condition which come at you at a breakneck pace in the first two books, the Children of Dune takes the cake. It really feels like the world-building and character development of the first two books really allow this incredible third book to shine, with deep established lore allowing Leto and Ganema’s incredible story to flourish and take the prize for the pick of the lot. I owe it to myself to listen to the remainder of the series now, and even if they don’t reach the heights of this book, I’ll nevertheless be a satisfied man. As someone who came to this series as a “new age” Dune fan, having first gotten a glimpse from the 2022 movie epic, I can reliable say that no nostalgia is required to love this incredibly well written series. Loved it.

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Loved all three

An unpredictable tale following the first 2 Dune novels. Incredible how futuristic it still seems almost 40 years after being written

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Great story

I loved it so much and I can't wait to hear the next in the series.

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better and better

this story just keeps getting better. I love this universe. I can't wait to find out what happens next

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