
The White Plague
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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By:
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Frank Herbert
From this shocking beginning, the author of the phenomenal Dune series has created a masterpiece. The White Plague is a marvelous and terrifyingly plausible blend of fiction and visionary theme. It tells of one man's revenge, of the man watching from the window who is pushed over the edge of sanity by the senseless murder of his family and who, reappearing several months later as the so-called Madman, unleashes a terrible vengeance upon the human race.
John Roe O'Neill is a molecular biologist who has the knowledge, and now the motivation, to devise and disseminate a genetically carried plague - a plague to which, like those that scourged mankind centuries ago, there is no antidote, but one that zeroes in, unerringly and fatally, on women.
As the world slowly recognizes the reality of peril, as its politicians and scientists strive desperately to save themselves and their society from the prospect of human extinction, so does Frank Herbert grapple with one of the great themes of contemporary life: the enormous dangers that lurk at the dark edges of science. The White Plague is a prophetic, believable, and utterly compelling novel.
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"A speculative intellect with few rivals in modern SF." ( The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)
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This book is scary with similarities to what humanity just went through
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I found it thoughtful and interesting and appreciated it's accuracy for it's time.
What people do when threatened with a worldwide plague is the subject and the characters responded much as I think they would have at the time.
Worth the time and credit.
Maybe You Have to be 50 plus
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Good book but annoying narration
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The premise is petty messed up.
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Give it a listen its worth
Well done
awesome
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Interesting to think about a”what if”
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This story is a tight look at the prejudices and misogyny of the times; they’re not really gone today.
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Even though it was written over 20 years ago, its subject matter (systemic hatred, tribalism, terrorism, WMD, vengence, survival, redemption) addresses situations which could have been taken from today's headlines. I found it very thought provoking as well as entertaining.
Timely and thought provoking
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Great Narration
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And most Frank Herbert books are good or great. White Plague is the exception. It's an engaging story the final plot twist where it seems like Herbert lost interest in finishing the story. It was painful to listen to the end.
Great first half, poor finish
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