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Title: Dune [Abridged] - Audiobook
Review: This is not a review of Dune, per se, about which I cannot say enough good things. The audiobook, however, is extremely disappointing--at least relative to expectations. It is not an abridged version of Dune. It is a set of selected readings: it only contains four random selections for a total of 3.5 hours, drawn from across the entire original trilogy. My understanding of abridged is that a twelve hour or so book is reduced to eight or nine hours--usually done with audio books to make the story flow better to a listening audience. While it is very interesting to hear Frank Herbert read selected passages, this tape will not give you Dune.
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