![]() Harper Audio is a trademark of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. It is a violation of United States and international copyright laws to copy these recordings in any other way. HarperCollins is the copyright owner of the recordings on HarperAudio! and has consented to a limited distribution of HarperAudio! as an 8 khz computer sound file on Internet Town Hall. Herbert’s "Dune" was published in 1965, and was followed by four other books set on this inhospitable planet. Herbert had a career as a newspaperman before turning his hand to science fiction. These influential books are set on an imaginary world with a desert climate and a feudal society. Science fiction writer Frank Herbert reading excerpts from his "Dune" series. Such a shame.To: "Announcements" "Internet Multicasting Service" Internet Multicasting Service It rips the heart from a wonderful set of original books and transplants it into a dead sheep. Truly disappointed, I will not read any more from these authors in the Dune series. Some of the quotes and words of wisdom before chapters (like the original series) are truly bad, some I even cringed at for the sake of the writers. ![]() And without spoiling the twist for any future reader of the book, I would say the twist is the most highly unimaginative twist I have ever read in any book (the reader will know). With no surprising twists or turns except for one. ![]() The book seems to have been written for those not able to understand the original Dune series. The reader is continually reminded of the characters attributes 'the loyalty and honour of the Atriedes' the 'perversions of Harkonens' etc like they have forgotten already from the previous page. The characters are completely different to the originals (if you can call them characters they are so cardboard like). I knew it was not written by Frank Herbert and it shows. I do know that were I an author, I would be devastated to find out he was reading my book. It means, however, that some very good-sounding books (e.g., the Quantum Thief) are now ruined for audio listening - I doubt very much that Audible will re-record them with a competent reader. I learned my lesson on this one and now check the narrator and listen to the sample on every book I am considering. ![]() It's like watching a soap opera with the actors reading off teleprompters because the scripts weren't ready for them to read ahead of time. Unabridged 1965 This full-cast performance, augmented by sound effects and music, does justice to a classic of the science fiction genre. I think he's reading the words, but not the story. Science Fiction DUNE Earphones Award Winner by Frank Herbert Read by Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, and Cast Science Fiction 21 hrs. I suspect that every read he does is the first time he has seen the text, and although he is trying to do a dramatic reading, he doesn't know how the current sentence is going to end, let alone how it connects to the next one. Brick has 393 books listed on Audible, and it seems to me that this is part of the problem. The narrator disappointed several of that recording's reviewers, several describing his reading as overly melodramatic on every sentence. Then I realized that I had bought one of his readings before (Darwin's Children - also lousy). After I bought this, I lasted about 5 minutes before his singsong reading with dramatic emphasis on words that don't deserve it drove me to distraction. I made the mistake of buying this on the merits of the book, and didn't check the narrator. When it comes to audiobooks, there are two essential parts - first, that the book be a good book and second, that the narrator is a good one. Paul, like nearly every great conqueror, has enemies - those who would betray him to steal the awesome power he commands.Īnd Paul himself begins to have doubts: Is the jihad getting out of his control? Has he created anarchy? Has he been betrayed by those he loves and trusts the most? And most of all, he wonders: Am I going mad? But beneath the joy of victory there are dangerous undercurrents. His warrior legions march from victory to victory. Anderson are answering these questions in Paul of Dune. But what happened between Dune and Dune Messiah? How did Paul create his empire and become the Messiah? Following in the footsteps of Frank Herbert, New York Times best-selling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Herbert's next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul's armies had conquered the galaxy. This is a superb, solid reading that will appeal to fans and newcomers alike." ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)įrank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad'Dib in control of the planet Dune. Brick's voice is ideally suited to this extraordinary tale no doubt he studied the prose of each novel to capture the dialect perfectly. "Scott Brick delivers a powerful and entertaining reading reminiscent of a theatrical performance in a brilliant one-man show. Paul of Dune is a sci-fi adventure novel everyone will want to read and no one will be able to forget.
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