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Title: Brian Herbert is no Frank Herbert
Review: I almost shelled out [money] for this, instead of waiting to check out a copy at the library. I'm glad I waited. Mostly disappointing. It started losing credibility when the robots and thinking machines were described as nonemotional, logical and unable to understand humans. Intelligent machines created by human beings will probably resemble human beings (see Hofstaders "Godel, Escher, Bach"). Erasmus was nasty, but not at all believable. The Titans were ridiculous. The sorceress of Rossak who is a main character is wooden in her obsessiveness. The only particularly interesting part of this book was the sections which describe the Zensunni on Arrakis. If you must read this book, wait for a copy at your library. Then dig out your copy of "Dune" and reread it, and the "Dune Encyclopedia" if you have it. Much more interesting.
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