God Emperor Dune Ca

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Frank Herbert: God Emperor Dune Ca (1983, Berkley)

Published May 1, 1983 by Berkley.

ISBN:
978-0-425-06242-5
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OCLC Number:
321007370

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4 stars (8 reviews)

28 editions

Did not change my opinion after 30 years

4 stars

I read this book for the first time about thirty years ago. I have maintained for years that this very book is the counter argument that Science Fiction cannot be literary. My current copy (with a hideous cover) has been sitting on my shelf for many years now. Having reread (and re-enjoyed) the first trilogy, it was time to re-read this book as well.

More than with the first trilogy, it took a long time for both the story lines and the characters to properly develop. Apart from the main character, there are four other major characters who were a bit cardboard-ish in the first three quarters of the book, but who finally fleshed out in the last 150 pages or so.

The same goes for the story. A lot of pages are dedicated to describing the universe after several thousands of years. There were plots and subplots in good …