trumpler@UCLA-CS.ARPA (04/17/84)
From: Mark Trumpler <trumpler@UCLA-CS.ARPA> [Note to Moderator: I don't remember if you've distributed one of these ... if not, here are my impressions. MET] Heretics of Dune takes place about 3000 years after Leto II's fall. The main characters are Bene Gesserit Reverend Mothers, Tleilaxu Masters (yes, we find out a bit more about that elusive people), and a few people on Dune, now called Rakis. There's the Priests of the Divided God, and a young priestess who can control the (relatively) stunted descendants of Leto II. There is, of course, also a Duncan Idaho ghola, but he's being raised by the BG, and trained by their Bashar, an Atreides descendant who is about 300 years old. There are also a few "bad guys" from what's called the Scattering. As you can imagine, this rather large cast makes the story very complex. There is the usual BG intrigue, not to mention that of the secretive Tleilaxu. The story jumps about, as it did in the previous books, but with the large cast, and the fact that he uses flashbacks at times, tends to make the whole thing a bit difficult. On the whole, it's a good book for Dune fans. -+- Mark
@RUTGERS.ARPA:herbjornsen%vax.runit.unit.uninett%ubc.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa (03/08/85)
From: Anders Herbj|rnsen <herbjornsen%vax.runit.unit.uninett%ubc.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa> 11:15:08 8/3/1985 >"Heretics of Dune" should be out in paperback shortly. There is a >sixth book in the works, I forget the title. > The fifth DUNE book is called "HERETICS OF DUNE" and has been >out since early 1984 in hardcover. I don't think it is in trade or >regular paperback just yet. The paperback version of Heretics of Dune has been in sale in Norway for more than 3 months now. I believe it's an american edition. ..anders....