Stinkynigs
09-01-2010, 04:14 AM
This is probably one of the finest sci-fi universes ever. Far better than Star Wars or Star Trek. I've read all the books up to the last two in the chronological line Frank Herbert developed, the last of the pair I'm beginning now. After that, I'll be starting on the interquel tetralogy written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson dubbed "Heros of Dune" that takes place during the time between Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. The final two books in that series have been postponed for a trilogy that details the formation of the Bene Gesserit, Spacing Guild, Mentat, and Suk Doctor schools along with House Corrino's solidification of power. Brian and Kevin have done an outstanding job with expanding the Dune universe and I eat up every new book they produce. If you're into sci-fi then by all means give these books a look.
The Legends of Dune Trilogy
Here we read about the events that lead to the Great Butlerian Jihad where mankind fights to free itself from the oppression of "thinking machines" ruled by the computer network Omnius. *coughskynetcough*
We also see the birth of the "Free Men" of Arrakis, later to be known as the fanatical army of Paul Muad'Dib, the Fremen.
http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n8/n41420.jpg
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-sci-fi-fantasy-2006/1167-1.jpg
http://www.arrakis.co.uk/jpg/battleofcorrin.jpg
The House Trilogy
10,000 years into the future, the universe is ruled by noble families who vie for power and influence, chief of which is control over the production of the Spice Melange, manufactured from the desert world of Arrakis which is vital to space travel. In this trilogy, we witness the formation of the powers that be that we are introduced to originally by Frank Herbert in his first novel. Leto assumes his place as Duke, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen becomes the diseased floating fat man we know, and Shaddam Corrino IV takes the Padishah throne as emperor. Alot of subterfuge in this trilogy.
http://www.veeshanvault.org/shared/morebooks/Herbert,%20Frank/Dune%20-%20House%20Atreides.jpg
http://www.sffaudio.com/images06/RANDOMHOUSEAUDIODuneHouseHarkonnen500.jpg
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-sci-fi-fantasy-2006/866-1.jpg
Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles
This series spans close to 5,000 years with the rise of Paul Muad'Dib and his jihad to the founding of the empire of the God Emperor by his son Leto II, who rules for the next 3,500 years as a hybrid human/sandworm. His tyrannical rule and famine time forces many humans to flee into the depths of space in The Scattering, later to begin trickling back into the old empire after his death. Along with them, a devastating order of women that mimics the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood called Honored Matres, who destroy everything in their path, arrives as well. Their recklessness, however, is merely a means to hoard as much as they can, as they are in fact fleeing from a powerful and ancient enemy.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7pjkLSzqzAg/TEbQ4Q_PZhI/AAAAAAAAAP0/ycY99DgaCrI/s1600/Dune2.jpg
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:b1GE05vN4-SSqM:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/Tolbi/DuneMessiah.jpg&t=1
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8oChgkgehL-eoM:http://www.bookapex.com/images/Children-of-Dune-Dune-Chronicles-Book-3-0441104029-L.jpg&t=1
http://spire.ee/shop/images/Frank%20Herbert%20-%20God%20Emperor%20of%20Dune.jpg
The Legends of Dune Trilogy
Here we read about the events that lead to the Great Butlerian Jihad where mankind fights to free itself from the oppression of "thinking machines" ruled by the computer network Omnius. *coughskynetcough*
We also see the birth of the "Free Men" of Arrakis, later to be known as the fanatical army of Paul Muad'Dib, the Fremen.
http://img1.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n8/n41420.jpg
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-sci-fi-fantasy-2006/1167-1.jpg
http://www.arrakis.co.uk/jpg/battleofcorrin.jpg
The House Trilogy
10,000 years into the future, the universe is ruled by noble families who vie for power and influence, chief of which is control over the production of the Spice Melange, manufactured from the desert world of Arrakis which is vital to space travel. In this trilogy, we witness the formation of the powers that be that we are introduced to originally by Frank Herbert in his first novel. Leto assumes his place as Duke, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen becomes the diseased floating fat man we know, and Shaddam Corrino IV takes the Padishah throne as emperor. Alot of subterfuge in this trilogy.
http://www.veeshanvault.org/shared/morebooks/Herbert,%20Frank/Dune%20-%20House%20Atreides.jpg
http://www.sffaudio.com/images06/RANDOMHOUSEAUDIODuneHouseHarkonnen500.jpg
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/bestselling-sci-fi-fantasy-2006/866-1.jpg
Frank Herbert's Dune Chronicles
This series spans close to 5,000 years with the rise of Paul Muad'Dib and his jihad to the founding of the empire of the God Emperor by his son Leto II, who rules for the next 3,500 years as a hybrid human/sandworm. His tyrannical rule and famine time forces many humans to flee into the depths of space in The Scattering, later to begin trickling back into the old empire after his death. Along with them, a devastating order of women that mimics the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood called Honored Matres, who destroy everything in their path, arrives as well. Their recklessness, however, is merely a means to hoard as much as they can, as they are in fact fleeing from a powerful and ancient enemy.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7pjkLSzqzAg/TEbQ4Q_PZhI/AAAAAAAAAP0/ycY99DgaCrI/s1600/Dune2.jpg
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:b1GE05vN4-SSqM:http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/Tolbi/DuneMessiah.jpg&t=1
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:8oChgkgehL-eoM:http://www.bookapex.com/images/Children-of-Dune-Dune-Chronicles-Book-3-0441104029-L.jpg&t=1
http://spire.ee/shop/images/Frank%20Herbert%20-%20God%20Emperor%20of%20Dune.jpg