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Title: A Genuine Classic-despite the flaws.
Review: I hadn't read 'Dune' cover to cover in more than twenty years. I must say that it holds up. I couldn't put the thing down.Yes, there are problems. An editor might have trimmed some of the 'terrible purposes' and 'plans within plans within plans' and other repetitions, and sometimes the mystical-messianic stuff sticks in the throat. But few books rival Herbert's for sheer inventiveness and conviction. Not to mention that he seems to think that readers are intelligent people who like books that make them pay attention.Is it the Greatest Science Fiction Novel Ever? No.(That title goes to 'The Left Hand of Darkness'). But it is a classic. Anyone who has an interest in serious sci-fi needs to read it.
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