Sandworms of Dune

Brian Herbert , Kevin J. Anderson

Edition	Hardcover
List Price	$27.95
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Published by	Tor Books
Release date	2007-08-07
ISBN	076531293X
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At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel, Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past--including Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica--to use their special talents to meet the challenges thrown at them.

Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in two safe-deposit boxes for a decade, Sandworms of Dune will answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades: the origin of the Honored Matres, the tantalizing future of the planet Arrakis, the final revelation of the Kwisatz Haderach, and the resolution to the war between Man and Machine. This breathtaking new novel in Frank Herbert?s Dune series has enough surprises and plot twists to please even the most demanding reader.

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It's a rerun of previous books....

Gholas to the left, Gholas to the right...this book could have been phoned in and probably was. When the franchise is over, it's over....library this book....it added nothing to the mythology at all.

Not nearly as compelling as its predecesor, but still finishes strong.

Hunters of Dune was a much better read than Sandworms of Dune. Sandworms picks up shortly after Hunters of Dune and the novel starts out very slow. The mid-section is not that much more exciting and plods along with very little steam. I have to admit though, that the ending (last 125 pages) was excellent and literally saved this novel. It finishes very strong, all the plot lines come together in the last 125 pages, and it was even difficult for me to put down at this point. It's too bad the beginning and middle sections weren't nearly as good or compelling as the ending.

With the Ithaca captured on the Machine home world of "Synchrony," it's crew imprisoned and its weaponry dismantled, face dancers loyal to and created by the robots infesting Chapterhouse and all of their warships, Omnious and Erasmus figure they've got this one in the bag. The extermination of Humanity and Chapterhouse are virtually certain as their weapons have no effect against the advancing robots. What the robots completely forgot about, not to mention never even considered the possibility of, were the Sandworms locked inside the Ithaca's storage facility. And when they're let loose on the Machine's home world of Synchrony, they literally bring the robots to their knees, destroying their entire society, hence the name of the novel. There are plenty of other surprizes in the ending as well, which makes this Dune novel a worthy read.

Is that a sandworm in your pocket? Or is it DOON III?

Or just another B. Herbert- KJA bomb? I have to give them props, they really tried hard...to make the longest most dragging high expectations in two books that I almost thought this book was going somewhere. It almost does. Where it fails miserably, is that the lucky charms leprechaun comes in at the end, saves the day, and everybody lives happily ever after. Of course, I'm being facetious, but the climax was almost that simple. There I was, eagerly anticipating a real battle, only for a POOF magical solution in the end. A lot of this book seems like a Dune parody, especially as the Baron H seems more like a villain out of Scooby Doo than the wickedly evil persona we all know and hate. Some questions are answered in here, like what Leto II's golden path was, although not very clearly. Neither is the purpose of bringing the Jews out of hiding, there really isn't a reason to put them in the story. Weaker yet, is Murbella's role, especially in her thinking that she is solely responsible for saving the human race, her character was completely destroyed by these guys. The issue with axlotl tanks, never resolved.Thanks for wasting my time and money. Even after lowering my expectations as much as possible, I still found disappointment. I don't hold the original Dune series sacred, but the climax of this book is its lowpoint. I'll be sure never to read another one of the Herbert-Anderson DOON collaborations.

Absolutely PATHETIC (contains spoilers)

Hollow characters I cared absolutely NOTHING about, plotless storyline, bringing back old characters because.. well, I guess he couldn't come up with more of his own. I literally had to FORCE myself to finish this book. The only reason I'm reading these latest ones is because I'd feel guilty if I didn't finish the GREAT story begun by Frank Herbert. Speaking of which, Brian Herbert needs a DNA test because there's no way he's his father's son. Every chapter is so hollow it's laughable. The authors treat the reader like absolute morons, feeling the need to make everything blatantly obvious.

The editor should be HUNG for letting this piece of garbage make it to print. Why? Well, lets give just a few examples:

The crew find themselves on Synchrony - the machine home world. Obviously a massive place, probably covering most of the entire planet with metal and robots. Omnius can manipulate the buildings themselves with design and movement. So what the heck are a few sandworms flopping down the street going to do? Any building could just come down and crush them like a bug. And they leave the ship to go FIGHT the robots of Synchony in hand combat!? How many robots are there? A BILLION? 500 BILLION!? And of course, they go to COVERTLY plant mines - how the heck is this possible when Omnius has watcheyes everywhere!? And it's stated they take "shelter" next to buildings!? Didn't he just say the buildings were moving around like they were alive? Any building could just purposely smash on top of them or swallow them up. Heck, the buildings ripped apart the entire noship!

The stupidity just goes on, and on, and on.... and now that I've wasted who knows how long reading this garbabe, I've wasted more time talking about my frustrations with it. But hopefully it will save someone ELSE from coming into contact with these books. I haven't read any of Kevin Anderson's work, but if he had anything to do with these books by Brian Herbert, I'd avoid Kevin's work like the plague too.

I've had Paul of Dune pre-ordered for months but that will be the LAST of these books I waste my money on. I don't care if Brian keeps knocking them out. I'm done with them.

The Dunes Creep

Afer awhile, the story begins to drag and tries to throw everything in but the kitchen sink. Frank Herbert's Dune (The original Novel) was so much more than the sum of all its parts. Here, the story meanders aimlessly onward, trying to serve up a big whopping finale, trying to appease those fans whose imagination have gone lacking. The finesse of government, religion, industry, Machiavelli intrigues and the slavish addiction to a rare commodity has never been equaled or surpassed. Sooner or later, all things end. it is time to let go before this series is ran into the ground.