Chapterhouse: Dune
The original Dune saga finale: Arrakis has been destroyed. The empire is in chaos. The Bene Gesserit, beleaguered heirs to Dune's powers, are turning a green world into a desert…acre by seared acre.
Hardcover: 448 pages
Publisher: Ace Books Inc. ( May 31, 1985 )
Item #: 76-5189
ISBN: 9780739452721
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 1.15 inches
Product Weight: 16.0 ounces
Best of the 6 originals
August 22, 2007
It is no lie when I say that this and "Heretics of Dune" are my two favorite of all the original Dune novels. It's a gripping story with grand themes. Herbert explores philosophy and psychology in ways that I haven't seen before or since. True the characters have superhuman abilities, but that's the point. They still may not be up to the task at hand, and need to push themselves and their companions further and further. It is a very dark tale with Honored Martres smashing everything in their path, the possibility of not only the end, but the complete erasure of the remnants of the old Empire, and the specter of an even bigger threat that is only hinted at.
Reviewer: Nicholas P
A Masterpiece
April 30, 2007
This final chapter in the Dune series is a masterpiece not only in a Sci-Fi sense, but as an amazing study in psychological, religious, and socio-historical speculation.
The 3-page last chapter dedicated to Bev (Frank Herbert's wife), is worth the price of the book in itself.
Reviewer: Ryan G
to stephen and hideo
November 01, 2006
I do not totally disagree with you when you said that the last three books were not the greatest. however, i must say that reading the finishing books by frank herberts son would be a good idea. in his book, Hunters of Dune, it tells more of the old couple and even ties in the prequels to Dune. the plot does not go quite as fast as some of you might want but the book is still very good.
Reviewer: Mary M
Just More Of The Same
October 03, 2006
I have read all of the Dune books, and while the first three were the best science fiction I have ever read, the fourth was quite slow and I am not sure the last two were even worth reading. Nothing really happens, the few characters who are left just keep trudging on, and the new characters are boring and predictable. It pains me to say this but I hardly even care that book 7 was never finished and I won't be reading the book 7 his son made out of his notes.
Reviewer: Stephen C
Tedious, Plodding Plot, Hugely Disappointing
August 22, 2006
This is the 6th and last (at least by Frank Herbert) in the long running Dune series. The first three books were good reading; unfortunately, the last three were agonizingly slow to develope. Chapterhouse: Dune is the worst of the lot.
Its plot development is painful: You will have to slug through 6 pages of tedious dribble for every page that actually adds to the storyline.
All the main characters have become superbeings. With the run-away inflation of powers and abilities, the problems and obstacles they encounter and solve are hardly a challeng.
Characters are introduced and never explained, the old couple for example.
Who are they, why do they keep popping up?
All in all, I can't recommend it.
Reviewer: Hideo C
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