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Title: hmmm... sad
Review: Really this review is just for all of the non-Frank Herbert books. You don't need to read any of these in their entirety to figure out why they suck. Bad prose is just bad prose, although sci-fi readers arn't always the most picky about that sort of thing. So bad that after waiting 20 years to find out what might happen next after Chapterhouse, I find that I'm willing to wait the rest of my life rather read more drek by these guys. There are other terrible flaws with the prequel series, but these are hardly worth getting into. But as someone with an interest in cognitive science and real AI, I just can't resist a jab at how utterly pathetic an attempt this all is to imagine an AI civilization.
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