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High-Opp

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Summary

Published posthumously, this dystopian novel was written between Frank Herbert's classics The Dragon in the Sea and Dune.

EMASI! Each Man a Separate Individual! That is the rallying cry of the Seps, the resistance force engaged in a class war against the upper tiers of a society driven entirely by opinion polls. Those who score high, the High-Opps, are given plush apartments, comfortable jobs, every possible convenience. But those who happen to be low-opped live crowded in warrens, facing harsh lives and brutal conditions.

Daniel Movius, ex-senior liaitor, rides high in the opinion polls - until he loses everything, brushed aside by a very powerful man. Low-opped and abandoned, Movius finds himself fighting for survival in the city's underworld. There, the opinion of the masses is clear: It is time for a revolution against the corrupt superprivileged - and every revolution needs a leader.

©2012 Herbert Properties, LLC (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction
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Great narrative, well read and very engaging philosophical and political exploration.

Borrowing heavily from 1984 and brave new world, High-opp has a lot of the same themes as the dune saga, just condensed and made accessible.

As a stand alone book the arc and characters are able to demonstrate Herbert’s views on the absolute power of dictators concisely (the dune saga being a long exploration of leadership, power, governance and the cult of charisma surrounding dictators)

10 outta 10

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He is most famous for Dune but his short stories are his true master pieces.

Hidden gems

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So much truth within these pages. We all need government to govern but looking deeply at our world filled with so much fakery and adoration of vain vacuous people with power and money who do not deserve adoration, I ask when will the low ops finally wake up?
Great narration too!

Excellent

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Allowing for when this was written, it foretells a situation we are in the midst of today. Let’s hope there is a Dan Movius out there somewhere.

Prescient considering today’s situation

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