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Paul of Dune

Book One of the Heroes of Dune

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Paul of Dune

By: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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Paul of Dune is a sci-fi adventure novel everyone will want to read and no one will be able to forget. "Scott Brick delivers a powerful and entertaining reading reminiscent of a theatrical performance in a brilliant one-man show. Brick's voice is ideally suited to this extraordinary tale; no doubt he studied the prose of each novel to capture the dialect perfectly. This is a superb, solid reading that will appeal to fans and newcomers alike." (Publishers Weekly, starred review)

Frank Herbert's Dune ended with Paul Muad'Dib in control of the planet Dune. Herbert's next Dune book, Dune Messiah, picked up the story several years later after Paul's armies had conquered the galaxy. 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. Anderson are answering these questions in Paul of Dune.

The Muad'Dib's jihad is in full swing. His warrior legions march from victory to victory. But beneath the joy of victory there are dangerous undercurrents. Paul, like nearly every great conqueror, has enemies - those who would betray him to steal the awesome power he commands...

And 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?

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I was skeptical of this series at first and debated listening to one. Dune was one of the best books I've ever read but the subsequent volumes lost something. Paul of Dune comes very close to the original Dune. Perhaps its the characters and the connection to the first book, but regardless I was more enthralled in this story than most of the original series.

Better than most of the original series

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The book would have been excellent other than the reader trying to do his own emotional voice inflection very poorly. He also don't seem to know how to pronounce character names along with other mispronounced words. To bad this was recorded over ten years ago..

Dune : review.

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Overjoyed to have these 2 books, (Winds of Dune the partner to this book), to be able to revisit the original characters that got me so enthralled. Im just the kind of person that was going to love it regardless of its true quality, so yes, I loved it lol. I couldn't tell you if it's actually good or not bc to me I thought it was great, but I've literally gone through almost all the books starting from Dune through book release order, all in the span of a month. Greatest journey not only through space and time but also just greatest journey period. Amazing how obvious it is how many other authors and even movie makers stole all of the ideas from these books! Most notible being George Lucas, and George R.R. Martin.

Thieves of this series run rampant!

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It took me two tries to start listening to this book - I just couldn't stand the religious zealots...then it got good - I really liked the intricate story around the Fenrings and bitterness of Shaddam. I have been a fan of the Dune universe for a very long time and I really enjoy the expanded universe that has been woven with the prequels and now this interstitial tale - and it looks like more to come. I think this story was needed - and it helped to make sense of the jump from the noble son of a duke to a messiah for which a jihad is fought.

Had some problems at first with the 2nd and 3rd parts as my bookmarks on the Zune (kept showing me Chapter 1) and my machine was not holding my bookmark when I shut the book off and had to fast forward to my position everytime I restarted.

It took me two tries ...

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I loved the way you mixed past with present.... Well done

awesome

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The story was probably ill-advised from the outset. The best charecters already dead, the good part of the story already told, this sequel to the first Dune was difficult for me to finish.

balls

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I always appreciate the tapestry of politics, plans within plan, and expanding on ‘statecraft’ that Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson display in their Dune books. However, do to the back and forth time skips and also the brooding nature of Paul’s character, this novel in the series was perhaps my least favorite. The reader often wonders what Paul’s first years as emperor were like and how they formed into into the protagonist of Dune Messiah, and this book answers that well-enough though.

Not my favorite member of the Dune Chronicles, but a still a favoring political thriller

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I enjoyed the audio book, and the performance was good. The parts that deal with Paul as Emperor are quite strong,, though I feel that one event at the end slightly cheapens one event in one of Frank Herbert's original. Still, quite good. The parts dealing with young Paul were pretty good for the most part, but one plot point goes against something established in the original Dune, and the explanation for it seemed weak. I wish they would have worked around it instead of retrofitting the canon to for their needs. Still, a passable entry.

Enjoyable, but the weakest entry so far.

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Fantastic. Simply, fantastic. I highly advise rereading/listening to the entire collection in order. The characters are so much richer and realistic with books like this one, and the Caladan prequel series.

Outstanding On Its Own; Enriches Series.

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When one is destined, the call must be answered and the path or paths must be taken

Destiny

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