Sandworms of Dune
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5.0 • 1 calificación
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- $229.00
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- $229.00
Descripción editorial
The eighth book—and part two in the compelling conclusion—of Frank Herbert's Dune series, one of the grandest epics in the annals of imaginative literature. Selling millions of copies worldwide, the series is science fiction's answer to The Lord of the Rings, a brilliantly imaginative epic of high adventure, unforgettable characters, and immense scope.
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 against a horrific threat that intends to annihilate the human race.
Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, Sandworms of Dune at last reveals 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 humans and thinking machines that has raged for thousands of years.
The incredible finale to one of the greatest stories in science fiction.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Longtime collaborators Herbert and Anderson set themselves a steep challenge and, in the end, fail to meet it in this much anticipated wrapup of the original Dune cycle (after 2006's Hunters of Dune). A large cast scattered across the cosmos must be brought together so that the final, all-powerful Kwisatz Haderach may be revealed in the ultimate face-off between humankind and the machine empire ruled by the implacable Omnius. Though pacing is brisk and the infrequent action scenes crackle with tension, only two minor characters gholas, who are young clones with restored memories, of Suk doctor Wellington Yueh and God-Emperor Leto II acquire real depth. Everyone else is too busy reacting to mostly irrelevant subplots like sabotage aboard the no-ship Ithaca, a plague devastating the planet of Chapterhouse and the genetic engineering of marine-dwelling sandworms. The lengthy climax relies on at least four consecutive deus ex machina bailouts, eventually devolving into sheer fairy tale optimism. Series fans will argue the novel's merits for years; others will be underwhelmed.
