Dune- Chilton Book Co, 1965-Book club Hardcover – January 1, 1965

Book on time and as described.

I read this way back when, when it first came out. It really impressed me. One of the best sci-fi space trilogies (and beyond!) I read all or most of the novels in this group. An amazing work of imagination & creativity. I really admire this author. Nothing trite, forced, or copycat about this author, in my opinion, a real original. Dreamlike. By the way, if you want your kids to read, bring em to a wilderness island with absolutely no conveniences and no electronics for a month every summer. That will do the trick.

You cannot beat the original Frank Hebert writings. The depth of the characterizations and the informed and clever musings about society are nonpareil.

the person i gave these to stated they arrived promptly and in good condition. he enjoyed reading them. I felt like that the price was right on for the number of books i received.

I like the direction Frank Herbert took the Dune series in his first two sequels. This book has a bit more development than the original Dune. We get to learn more about the inner turmoil of Paul, Alia, and then meet the kids. Frank has a way of creating politically exciting twists and power struggles, without making any one character the villain. Paul and Alia in their own ways are both despots and victims. In terms of storyline, I think this brings the story to a satisfying conclusion (I'm not so big a fan of what happens after Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3)).Frank's writing style can be a bit dense. Sometimes the dialogue is filled with philosophical or nonsensical musings. Some of it is quite deep - but certainly not how people actually talk. It takes some getting used to. I'd recommend only continuing on to this book if you got through the original Dune and liked it.If you liked the books, I highly recommend Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (Sci-Fi TV Miniseries) (Two-Disc DVD Set) - it's a pretty good film adaptation of Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles) and Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3).

Buying used books is always a challenge, but this was easy. All the books were in what i'd refer to as library shelf quality, no torn or dog-eared pages and covers in great shape.

Had the original for so long it fell apart, so had to get it again.One of the three best sagas ever