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Sisterhood of Dune
It is eighty-three years after the last of the thinking machines were destroyed in the Battle of Corrin, after Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino and established himself as the first Emperor of a new Imperium. Great changes are brewing that will shape and twist all of humankind.
The war hero Vorian Atreides has turned his back on politics and Salusa Secundus. The ...more
ebook, 448 pages
Published
January 3rd 2012
by Tom Doherty Associates
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This was more enjoyable than Paul of Dune and I think I enjoyed it a little more than The Winds of Dune.
However, I was/am also reading Heretics of Dune, so was able to contrast directly between Brian Herbert/Kevin Anderson and Frank Herbert. It was just sad.
Sisterhood is just an adventure scifi story that could either stand on its own or be part of a duology or [heaven forbid!] a trilogy. Things, exciting things sometime, happen. But I honestly cannot say that I would find th...more
However, I was/am also reading Heretics of Dune, so was able to contrast directly between Brian Herbert/Kevin Anderson and Frank Herbert. It was just sad.
Sisterhood is just an adventure scifi story that could either stand on its own or be part of a duology or [heaven forbid!] a trilogy. Things, exciting things sometime, happen. But I honestly cannot say that I would find th...more
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Since there are only glowing endorsements of 'Sisterhood' here, I would like to mark some points of objective criticism. As a DUNE purist and fanatic, I've been watching the title come dislodged from the stars of Sci-Fi, and plummet to Earth. Many complaints have been made against Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson for the direction they've taken Frank Herbert's opus. Terms like "Dune dumbed-down" and "McDune" are commonly batted around. Where the original works were thought...more
Having read all of the other books in the original Dune series by Frank Herbert and all of the offshoot series created by Brian Herbert (along with Kevin J. Anderson) I was obviously looking forward to reading this novel as well. To be fair, I must admit that prior to reading each of the other two prequel trilogies (Legends of Dune and the Houses trilogy) I had hesitations relating to how well the stories would mesh with the original series. The same is true of this series as well. I've always b...more
Sisterhood is a prequel, taking place over 10,000 years before the Paul Atreides timeline of the regular Dune novels. It is best read after the Legends of Dune trilogy: The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade and The Battle of Corrin, however it does provide enough explanation that you will understand what is going on, even if this may be your first Dune novel.
This is an origins story, but it easily stands on its own within the main Dune series. A generation has passed since the Butl...more
This is an origins story, but it easily stands on its own within the main Dune series. A generation has passed since the Butl...more
I really loved the original Dune books, and even enjoyed some of the first prequels, but I am starting to tire of the McDune series. The characters are hard to like - all of them are super obssessed to the point of making everyone an unlikable villain - basically all the characters are the same. The plot threads didn't combine at the end; it felt like I read three novels with this one, all with the same basic plot, and without any connectivity. There was the Atreides-Harkonnen plot which reso...more
Anderson is a master space opera writer and I always sense his style very strongly in these Dune prequel novels. The large number of points of view and the tone reminds me very much of Anderson's Saga of the Seven Suns, one of my favorite series. But the main thing that's fun is just seeing how the authors fit the stories together into a tighter and tighter weave of the historical document that they've been designing that spans millennia. As they add each strand to the loom and make it work, and...more
Bought this book as a part of my annual Dune-fix. With the previous two novels Paul of Dune & The winds of Dune I recovered some of my dissapointment that were the sequels to Frank Herberts Chapterhouse of Dune (based upon a 30 page synopsis named Dune 7 left by Frank).
Now the Sisterhood is actually a step back to the early days of the Duneiverse but after the first trilogy as written by Brian & Kevin. Those books did contain some excellent moments. SoD actually is the start of a tri...more
Now the Sisterhood is actually a step back to the early days of the Duneiverse but after the first trilogy as written by Brian & Kevin. Those books did contain some excellent moments. SoD actually is the start of a tri...more
Whew. I have read just about all the Dune books: all by Frank Herbert and the majority of what his son, Brian, and Kevin Anderson have written.
Why the "whew"?
The book is dense with information. It is NOT the book any new reader of the Dune series should start with. While there is enough groundwork information into the various characters and "sects", it's still overwhelming at times. I would hate to think of someone coming in and then trying to "jud...more
Why the "whew"?
The book is dense with information. It is NOT the book any new reader of the Dune series should start with. While there is enough groundwork information into the various characters and "sects", it's still overwhelming at times. I would hate to think of someone coming in and then trying to "jud...more
I liked this book. It’s been so long since I read the Butlerian Jihad trilogy that I had a hard time at first trying to remember who did what and what was who. But Herbert/Anderson did a pretty good job of reminding you by way of introduction (in a way which would suffice for people who have not read the previous series as well).
Was it good? Yea, it was mostly good. Is it Frank Herbert? OF COURSE NOT. I think anybody holding these books up to the original 6 should have stopped readin...more
Was it good? Yea, it was mostly good. Is it Frank Herbert? OF COURSE NOT. I think anybody holding these books up to the original 6 should have stopped readin...more
I love the continuation with the Dune series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Yes, it is not Frank Herbert, but it is as close as you are going to get, and it is Wonderful.
I got an ARC of the book. It is really great. I love the Dune series that Kevin and Brian have written. It keeps the story alive for me.
Perhaps I loved Sisterhood of Dune best because it dealt with what I think is the best part of the Dune story line, the Bene Gesserit.
The authors have d...more
I got an ARC of the book. It is really great. I love the Dune series that Kevin and Brian have written. It keeps the story alive for me.
Perhaps I loved Sisterhood of Dune best because it dealt with what I think is the best part of the Dune story line, the Bene Gesserit.
The authors have d...more
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I LOVED this book. I feel like BH and KJA finally reached a balance between too much described action (like some of their previous books) and too little described action (the original series). (view spoiler)...more
The problem with having such a long period between publication dates is that the reader doesn't remember all the details. (This takes place after the events in Battle of Corrin FYI.) Therefore, sometimes we need a refresher. This went above and beyond that to the point of redundancy, which in turn really hurt this latest Dune continuation in my opinion. I debated on giving it a two but instead chose a three because even with the flaws, I still have a vested interest in many of the returning ...more
I'm a big sucker for the Dune books, I've read all the originals, many times over. The Dune books written by Frank Herbert's son Brain and Kevin Anderson are good fun but don't quite have the weight that the originals. Both in style and substance, they are not quite up to what Frank did. But of course that may be an unfair judgement, as it doesn't let these books stand for what they are, which is well produce and written Sci-Fi. I really do enjoy them, and love that I still get new content from...more
I found this to be a very discriptive and detailed stand alone novel as well as prequel to Dune. I had to re-read several of the others to grasp many of the tie-ins with the less obvious relationships with Arrakis universe. I found it an engaging read.
Being a fan of the original author's Dune novels, I find the the newer ones while enjoyable, lacking. This is the first of the new Dune series that I have really enjoyed I hope that the next in the series is just as good.
I'm very tentative about this...The whole Legends of Dune slowly moved me to not wanting to follow that story line anymore. At about 500 pages, this might be a bit easier to get through, but my hopes are minimal at this point.
I enjoyed this book that is showing the Dune fans of us out there how the main political forces around in the time-frame of the original continued to evolve from the original groups in his earlier Dune prequels.
I did find the pace a little disconcerting. The characters were believable, if somewhat one-dimensional.
I did find the pace a little disconcerting. The characters were believable, if somewhat one-dimensional.
It's from the masters of Science Fiction: Kevin J. Anderson & Brian Herbert, in the Dune series. I love everything about this! Cannot wait for it to come out!
although I can't say it's Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's best work, it has left me wanting to know more about the schools of Dune
Why do I insist? Though I will explore this in therapy, I pray to God to not let me fall again...
Can't get enough of this massive saga, and this one did not disappoint.
Another fascinating plot ruined by too much exposition and too many adjectives. Anderson and Herbert should get a better editor. Nevertheless, I'm sure I will be first in line to read the next one.
another good Dune presentation. I haven't read a dune novel for many years but I still understood all almost all that was happening.
I really love a series I can slip in and out of and it feels like home. Another great book in the series, more back history on how the founding schools came to be. It was a bit disjointed, but still got the message across. Can't wait for the next books!
I liked it more than I expected. I had trouble getting over the unexpected shift from the previous series ending abruptly (what happened to Throne of Dune?), but once I did I got wrapped up in yet another prequel series, this one set a few decades after the end of the Butlerian Jihad. Clearly, this one is meant to show the beginnings of the various groups like the Bene Gesserit sisterhood, seeds of which were laid down in the trilogy that detailed the events of the jihad.
This was good. I enjoy the Dune universe, but these are definately as good as the original.
Brian and Kevin hit this one out of the park! I could not put it down, so I came to work this morning with no sleep. Since I am a nanny, that means the kids will be especially horrid today, but the book was worth it.
Writing hs definitely improved since this duo started adding to the Dune series. This one fills in some gaps but lacked some of the power of the last one.
I liked this book very much. I can't wait for the next book in the series.
I thought this book needed to be edited down to a more concise story. It was too detailed and repetitive at times and caused it to drag out. The dialogue wasn't so great, either. However, there were some interesting story lines and the history of the Dune universe was fleshed out some more, which is what keeps me coming back to any new Dune Saga release.
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