All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.
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»40 lat temu zmarł Frank Herbert«
11 lutego 1986 roku w wieku 65. lat zmarł Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr., amerykański dziennikarz i reporter, a przede wszystkim pisarz science-fiction.
https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/rocznice-urodziny/40-lat-temu-zmarl-frank-herbert/
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He appears to have fallen asleep while reading Frank Herbert's final novel "Chapterhouse: Dune".
While I love the novel, I can see why the old man reads it in sections between naps.
Chapterhouse: Dune is the last novel in the Dune saga (excluding the endless sequels and prequels that his son, Brian Herbert has written with the help of Kevin J. Anderson) and it’s a bit of an odd one.
Whereas the previous novels are all loosely linked, this is the first one that feels like a direct sequel. Events in Chapterhouse follow on directly from the events in Heretics of Dune and continue the story that started in the previous novel. This makes it the first of the Dune novels for which you need to know what has gone before.
I found that the worldbuilding leaves a lot to be desired in this novel, which was also a problem for Heretics of Dune. In the first three novels, the worlds of Arrakis and beyond were so well realised that you were left with a real sense of being there. This is not so much the case with these later novels which are a lot less atmospheric and for which things simply don’t slot together quite so well.
On a similar note, I found that the characters were far more difficult to get a handle on. There were too many of them for a start, and it often felt as if they had been thrown into the narrative to make a point rather than emerging from the world as it develops.
Although this is the last of the Dune novels written by Frank Herbert, it does end on something of a cliffhanger which leaves the way open for another installment. I think was probably intended but I am ambivalent as to whether such a sequel would have been able to resolve the many issues in this book and the one before.
Overall, I found Chapterhouse: Dune to be something of a disappointment and I can’t help feeling that this series of books really should have stopped with Children of Dune.
https://blog.lightlyseared.online/2024/09/04/revisiting-arrakis-chapterhouse-dune/
> “The diaries of Tolstoy, Mother Superior.”...
> “‘I am not a river, I am a net.’He spoke those words at Yasnaya Polyana when he was only twelve. You’ll not find them in his diaries but they are probably the most significant words he ever uttered.”
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I have finished reading Chapterhouse Dune. My fools errand is finished. It’s not good, and of course ends with loose ends.
I think my personal recommendation is reading the first two books. Although just one or even zero are solid choices. Three is alright, except it’s a trap if it makes you curious and want to read more.
I’m tempted to revisit Heinlein who I haven’t read in at least twenty years, but I’m also afraid he’ll be disappointing.
@mookie Imo the original six books pivot around the fourth, God Emperor of Dune. The first three are but the road that lead up to it and the last two are about dealing with the consequences of it. But maybe I feel that way because it's my favorite of the series
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Since the start of the pandemic I’ve been listening to the Dune series audiobooks at nights to help me to sleep. Not sure at this point how many times I’ve gone through the first 4 books.
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Just finished #ChapterhouseDune... Jeez, what a struggle to finish it... I wouldn't dare to say it's a *bad* book, but even as an avid Sci-Fi reader I didn't get the point of it. I finished it just out of sheer stubbornness.
Anyway, this has been the last one for me in the #Dune saga. I need something different now. I'll make a poll later, to make Mastodon chose my next reading 😜.
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