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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Ghola
Dune Messiah Dune Messiah is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the second in a series of six novels.
In Heretics of Dune, the Bene Gesserit become the consumers of Duncan Idaho gholas; significantly, when Idaho recovers his memories, he recovers the memories of all his ghola incarnations, apparently even including previous gholas from whom no cells could be recovered.
Heretics of Dune is a 1984 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, fifth in a series of six novels.
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  Dune (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dune spawned five sequels written by Herbert, and inspired a film adaptation by David Lynch, two mini-series made by the Sci Fi Channel (United States), computer games, and a series of prequels co-written by Brian Herbert, the author's son, and Kevin J. Anderson.
Dune is set far in the future amidst a sprawling feudal intergalactic empire where planetary fiefdoms are controlled by noble Houses that owe allegiance to the Imperial House Corrino.
The Spice is the most valuable commodity in the universe: it is used by the navigators of the Spacing Guild for interstellar travel, it is used by the secretive and powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood to awaken the genetic memories of their ancestors, and it greatly extends the human lifespan and expands awareness.
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 Cylon Alliance - The Dune Epic
Dune's 5th book, Heretics of Dune, written in 1984, advanced another 1500 years after the last novel to describe Sheanna, a remarkable young woman who could control the monster Gods of Arrakis, the giant sandworms.
Heretics of Dune is primarily an adventure tale and is far less epic than its predecessors.
When Dune was printed, Arabs were generally seen as friendly towards the western world and their culture was exotic and intriguing.
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 Heretics of Dune - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Heretics of Dune is a Science Fiction novel by Frank Herbert, fifth in a series of six novels.
True to his prophecies, sandworms have reappeared on Arrakis (now called Rakis) and created Dune anew, renewing the flow of spice to the galaxy.
Taraza seeks the destruction of Dune, because she believes the God Emperor still binds humankind on a particular course through the sandworms of Rakis; Taraza wishes to free humanity to follow its own possibilities.
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 Dune: Else known as Arrakis... Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune is Frank Herbert's masterpiece, a work of art that has had a tremendous impact on the world of science fiction since the first moment of its release.
Dune was the first book on the Dune series, to be followed by 5 others: Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Dune: Chapterhouse.
Dune focuses on the rise of young Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto of Caladan and Lady Jessica, a Bene Gesserit, upt to the Emperor's throne.
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 Dune Encyclopedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Dune Encyclopedia by Dr. Willis E. McNelly is a collection of essays written by fans of Frank Herbert's Dune novels.
With over 536 pages, it describes in great detail many aspects of the Dune universe not found in the novels themselves, such as biographies of the major characters, the languages of Fremen, Galach, and Spacing Guild (including alphabets and pronunciation), and shortened summaries of the plots of novels.
The Dune Encyclopedia also includes explanations of the armies, major schools (Bene Gesserit, Mentat, Sword Masters of Ginaz, etc.), and major industries (including Spice), as well as descriptions of future technologies and artwork on the major concepts of the novels.
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 Bene Gesserit - Dune Wiki
In the novel Dune, the Bene Gesserit breeding scheme was, in theory, to have come to full fruition from the union of an Atreides daughter (born of the Lady Jessica and the Duke Leto Atreides) and the Na-Baron Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen (son of Abulurd Harkonnen, brother of the Siridar-Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.
It is hinted throughout Heretics of Dune that they are cautiously using democracy, but this is not confirmed and elaborated upon until the supreme Honored Matre confronts a captive Reverend Mother named Lucilla and attempts to pry Bene Gesserit secrets from her on the Guild planet of Junction.
In Heretics of Dune Reverend Mother Odrade Explains to Sheeana that planetary populations exposed to long term Voice control learn ways to adapt to it, and can no longer be manipulated.
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 Amazon.ca: Dune: Books: Frank Herbert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Dune has some good ideas and in some parts the story really pick up, but over all this book is not as interesting, the characters are not as deep, and the writting style not as polished as Tolken's work.
Dune is a grand story and should never be without the rest of the Dune Trilogy that ties it's concept together.
Dune is one of the deepest science fiction books of its time, you'd never really guess that it was written about 50 years ago.
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 Review of Frank Herbert's Heretics of Dune
And surprisingly, Heretics of Dune is a much better book than I remembered, and a distinct improvement over God Emperor of Dune (which lost favour with me on this re-reading half a dozen years after the first time through).
Heretics of Dune has a large cast of supporting characters, and all of them are given at least some depth despite their functional role, like Burzmali, Teg's successor, or Waff, the leader of the Bene Tleilax.
Heretics of Dune is a good read, and I've always admired Herbert's ability to get closure out of open-endedness, out of the opening stages of a vast transformation.
www.challengingdestiny.com /reviews/dune5.htm   (1047 words)

  
 Dune Encyclopedia Tr
The Dune encyclopedia should be read by all Dune fans as it provides some answers to the questions raised in the first four books of the series.
I would suggest purchasing a copy if at all possible only because a reissue of the encyclopedia will be one edited to fit the inconsistencies in the prequals and thus not true to the vision of Frank Herbert and the scholars who created this work in his honor.
Unfortunately, I've heard rumors that Brian Herbert plans to reprint the Dune Encyclopedia, which would certainly be edited and rewritten to conform to his prequels.
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 CBC Super Store: DC Books: Heretics of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 5)
The children of Dune's children awaken as from a dream, wielding the new power of a heresy called love.
Heretics of Dune (the fifth book in the series), set over one-thousand years after the conclusion of God Emperor, continues the story of the Dune universe.
Heretics takes place 1500 years after the death of Leto the Tyrant and some five thousand years after the original Dune novel.
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 David Petrie Associates :: Heretics Of Dune
Heretics finally gets it moving at warp speed, and while still not the original Dune by any means, it's a wonderful book.
Herbert tries to portray more of what everyday life is like in the Dune universe, trying hard to depict several cities, and how "average" people go about their lives.
The Dune series is not always easy to read, but it is a complex and worthwhile classic of science fiction.
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 Dune
Dune was made into a movie of the same title, and is available on video.
Dune I is a graphic adventure game based on both the book and the movie, in which players take the role of Paul.
The game roughly follows the plot of the first "Dune" novel, though there are a number of plot twists which were introduced, presumably to let fans enjoy some unpredictability rather than plodding through a plot they already know by heart.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Heretics of Dune (Heretics of Dune Sequence): Books: Frank Herbert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
I cannot confess to being a hardcore Dune fanatic or that I have enjoyed everone of his books, but this is probably one of the better ones.
Also the character of Sheeana was rather underdeveloped and she was, in all fairness, a brat (although the fact that Idaho mentions this seems to imply Herbert was in on the joke).
All in all Heretics seems to be set in an alternative universe to the other Dune novels, even if it is set thousands of years into the future, primarily because so much of the technology seems to have reverted, but read it as a stand alone story and its not bad I suppose...
www.amazon.co.uk /Heretics-Dune-Sequence/dp/0450057771   (1117 words)

  
 Variant: Dune - A Spotlight on Games
In Dune Messiah, Bijaz was the catalyst that motivated the Duncan Idaho ghola to attempt to assassinate Paul.
Although briefly mentioned in the first three Dune books, Ix and it inhabitants are not described in depth until God Emperor of Dune.
In God Emperor of Dune, we discover that Ix (the ninth planet) is the leading technology producer for all the worlds.
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 Tom's Dune Page
Dune is the epic story of a boy named Paul Atreides.
One of the great things about Dune is that I can read it every year and still find something fresh and new about it.
Dune is a story and a world with true depth, yet this depth avoids becoming obtrusive or inaccessible...
www.grandgent.com /tom/dune/dune.htm   (874 words)

  
 HERETICS (in MARION)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Heretics and hellraisers : women contributors to The Masses, 1911-1917.
Heretics and scholars in the High Middle Ages, 1000-1200.
Heretics in the temple : Americans who reject the Nation's legal faith.
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 Dune
The rest of the Imperium was forced to acknowledge his rule because he and his Fremen had control of the only planet that could manufacture the spice melange and they claimed that they would destroy it if they didn't bow to Paul Muad'Dib Atreides as their new emperor.
Upon their return in HoD and CD, the Honored Matres sought to eliminate the Bene Gesserit "witches" (the Bene Gesserit in turn referred to the Matres as "whores") and any others who would stand in their way of conquering the Old Empire.
Their return to the Old Empire in HoD and CD came as a culture shock to the inhabitants of the Old Empire and they were forced to learn how to deal with the massive immigration.
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 IT-Analysis.com - Heretics of Dune (Gollancz SF S.)
Following the interesting but rather one-track `God Emperor of Dune' this 5th book in Frank Herbert's is very much a return to the multi-layered style of the original `Dune' novel, with numerous characters and factions battling for political and religious control of the universe.
The worlds and cultures of "Dune" are strongly influenced by Arabic and Islamic culture, along with a hearty dash of medieval European feudalism.
While many people divide the Dune series into a first trilogy and a second trilogy, I see it more as a first trilogy, a transitional book ("God Emperor of Dune"), and a second, and still unfinished trilogy.
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 Dune
There are several versions of original Dune motion picture.
There is also a version that is televised on the Sci-Fi channel that has a different narrator and reels of extra scenes that were cut by the director.
I would also recommend buying the original Dune computer game, it is a true classic.
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 Heretics of Dune terms
He was sent to the Bene Gesserit stronghold there.- Heretics of Dune.
The son of a Reverend Mother, fathered by a minor functionary of the Combine Honnete Ober Advancer Mercantiles, he had matured in a household that moved to the Sisterhood's beat.- Heretics of Dune.
It is used in a demeaning sense.- Heretics of Dune.
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 Heretics of Dune - InfoSearchPoint.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
As he prophesised after he went into the sands, sandworms arose, Dune was created anew on Arrakis, and spice eventually flowed again.
Waff is forced to tell her what he knows about the Honoured Matres and pressed on the issue of Duncan Idaho admits that the Bene Tleilaxu have included their own agenda within him, but insists it does not clash with their contract with the Bene Gesserit.
Taraza seeks the destruction of Dune, because she believes the dreams of the worms of Rakis still bind humankind in a particular course.
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 Heretics of Dune (John's Book Pages)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In the entire Dune universe, I don't think there's a single character that I'd like to sit down and have a beer with.
Anyway, this book takes place 1500 years after the death of Leto II and is about the power struggle between the Bene Gesserit, the Tleilaxu, the priests of Rakis, and people of the scattering.
In the earlier Dune books, the intrigue and plotting seems to have a goal and the plot moves in a definite direction; Heretics of Dune is more philosophical and less direct -- to a fault, unfortunately.
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 Article-Heretics of Dune -Dune Chronicles, Book 5-
Now the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's powers, have colonized a green world and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile.
Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond.
Following their internationally bestselling novels Dune: The Butlerian Jihad and Dune: The Machine Crusade, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson forge a final tumultuous finish to their prequels to Frank Herbert's Dune.It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machi...
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 Dune
The new Legends of Dune series consists of Dune: the Butlerian Jihad (Tor, September 2002), Dune: the Machine Crusade (Tor, September 2003), and Dune: the Battle of Corrin(Tor, August 17, 2004).
Dreamer of Dune is the fascinating story of my father from three angles: how he created the "Dune" universe, the remarkable love he shared with my mother (Beverly Herbert), and the troubled relationship I had with him as a child that became close when I was an adult.
While there are many more important stories to tell in the Dune universe, Brian and Kevin have decided that the next major project they will undertake—the next story the fans want to read—is DUNE 7, based on a detailed outline Frank Herbert left in a safety deposit box before his death.
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 Review of Frank Herbert's Chapterhouse: Dune
Chapterhouse: Dune continues quite closely after the events of Heretics of Dune, unlike some of the earlier gaps in the series (which have added up to over five thousand years since the original Dune).
Herbert dangles a number of useless plot threads in front of the reader, and the ending is both unsatisfying and inconclusive.
After the beautifully written closure of Heretics of Dune, which was both open-ended and a lovely wrap-up, this is particularly disappointing.
www.challengingdestiny.com /reviews/dune6.htm   (739 words)

  
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The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic DUNE continues.
From Dune to Rakis to Dune, the wheel turns full circle.
And on Rakis, become Dune, an ancient prophecy is fulfilled with the coming of the she-sheer, Sheeana.
www.orionbooks.co.uk /MP-27739/Heretics-Of-Dune.htm   (117 words)

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