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  • Dune: House Atreides begins the epic worldwide bestselling trilogy that tells of the generation before Dune and sows the seeds for great heroes, vile enemies, and terrible tyrants.
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AuthorBrian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
PublisherSpectra
Publication dateMarch 18, 2003
Print length681 pages
Customer Reviews★★★★ / 1,806 ratings

Book One of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune—Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture

Step into the universe of Frank Herbert's Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time.

Before Paul Atreides became Muad'Dib, the dynamic leader who unified the wild Fremen on the desert planet known as Dune . . .

Before the evil Baron Harkonnen overthrew House Atreides and sent Paul and his mother Jessica fleeing into the deadly wasteland of sand . . .

Before the secrets of the spice and the sandworms were discovered . . .

There was another story . . .

The tale of young Leto Atreides learning to become a ruler in the shadow of his great father.

The tale of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, ruthless tyrant who becomes a pawn of Bene Gesserit breeding schemes.

The tale of Pardot Kynes, ambitious planetologist dispatched to the sands of Arrakis to understand the origins of the spice melange, the most valuable substance in the known universe.

And the tale of Crown Prince Shaddam Corrino, whose lust for power leads him to plot the assassination of his own father and to create a plan that will replace the spice and disrupt the Imperium forever . . .

Dune: House Atreides begins the epic worldwide bestselling trilogy that tells of the generation before Dune and sows the seeds for great heroes, vile enemies, and terrible tyrants.

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DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES • DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN • DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO

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Just read Dune until the end of "Children of Dune." Stop there.
I won't dissuade anyone from reading, but as a life long fan of Frank Herbert's original work - his son's novels are all awful. He fundamentally misses the nuances of what made his father's work timeless, lacks creativity and are generally poorly written. I would not recommend.

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05-16-2023 at 08:11 AM.
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I read this one a few years ago and I really disliked it. I was able to finish but didn't keep going through the trilogy. It reads like a bad fan fiction. Would love to hear other perspectives or if the rest of the trilogy was good.
They're Dune, so they're cool. They're the son, so they're pretty bad. It's like Dino DeLaurentis got Michael Bay to make prequels to the Lynch adaptation.
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05-16-2023 at 09:01 AM.
05-16-2023 at 09:01 AM.
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Just read Dune until the end of "Children of Dune." Stop there.

Honestly, I'd say stop after the original Dune. The follow ups (Dune Messiah and Children of Dune) are really poorly written in comparison: in both novels, there are pages and pages of exhausting, needlessly complicated dialogue that add nothing to the story. Dune feels a bit slow at times only because so much is happening; in the following novels, literally nothing happens for a hundred pages, then everything happens at once, and all of it feels forced.
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05-16-2023 at 09:12 AM.
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Are these books written by his son any good? I typically avoid story continuations when the original author passed.
They are not good at all.
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05-16-2023 at 09:33 AM.
05-16-2023 at 09:33 AM.
Quote from spectheintro :
Honestly, I'd say stop after the original Dune. The follow ups (Dune Messiah and Children of Dune) are really poorly written in comparison: in both novels, there are pages and pages of exhausting, needlessly complicated dialogue that add nothing to the story. Dune feels a bit slow at times only because so much is happening; in the following novels, literally nothing happens for a hundred pages, then everything happens at once, and all of it feels forced.
If you do this I would read synopsis on messiah and children. Otherwise you might think Paul is the protagonist lol
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05-16-2023 at 09:48 AM.
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Are these books written by his son any good? I typically avoid story continuations when the original author passed.

Only one I've read by his son was Butlerian Jihad and thought it was really good.
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05-16-2023 at 01:15 PM.
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Are these books written by his son any good? I typically avoid story continuations when the original author passed.
They read like fan fiction and over-explain things that never needed more information (e.g. Baron Harkonnen is fat because of a virus he got while doing evil things, not just because he can't control himself).
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05-16-2023 at 02:12 PM.
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bad deal, everyone know all y'all aren't going to read this. And instead will be driving an uber your whole life probably
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05-16-2023 at 03:19 PM.
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They read like fan fiction and over-explain things that never needed more information (e.g. Baron Harkonnen is fat because of a virus he got while doing evil things, not just because he can't control himself).

That was so weird! I remember thinking how funny it was when the book describes how ripped he is before he gets the virus
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05-16-2023 at 04:06 PM.
05-16-2023 at 04:06 PM.
I just finished the whole series (at least the novels Frank Herbert authored) and whoa... Kind of a slog there at the end but I really enjoyed it. Not sure I can jump right back into the dune universe but I'll keep this in my backlog! Thanks OP
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05-16-2023 at 04:22 PM.
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Just read Dune until the end of "Children of Dune." Stop there.

And miss out on the amazing insanity of God Emperor? Nonsense. Make sure you read through God Emperor. You can skip the last 2 Frank wrote (they're still totally great imo) if the idea of sex combat sounds too out there for you. I'd still highly recommended them, but understand why someone would skip them

But do not stop before God Emperor.
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