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Title: Utter waste of time and money
Review: If you're a fan of the original Dune books or any of Frank Herbert's writing, do yourself a favor and NEVER buy anything written by his son about the Dune universe. I can only presume that this is nothing but a pathetically inept attempt to make money off the fine works of the father. I picked up this boook and its predecessor, The Butlerian Jihad, at an airport before a long international flight. I managed to struggle through the 1st book mainly on its single virtue of frequent references to the known (and beloved) themes of Dune (my reason for giving it 1 star). The writing is atrocious! I've seen better language control in 12 year olds. I gave up in disgust after getting halfway through the second book. I could literally feel my language skills deteriorating while reading this drivel. Once again, do yourself a favor and buy something else. If you HAVE to have some Dune, re-read the originals. Stay away from this garbage.
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