karl@dartvax.UUCP (Karl Berry.) (10/18/84)
Perry [Caro.PA@Xerox.arpa] writes that, in his opinion, Frank Herbert has never written a good book except for Dune. Judging from some of the other messages which I've read but didn't save, it seems that this is not his opinion alone. Although, of course, everyone [except perhaps Winston] can think what se wants, I find some of Herbert's other books, notably Whipping Star, The Dosadi Experiment, The Jesus Incident, and Hellstrom's Hive to be fascinating excursions into some of the limits/problems/experiments possible in communication, and social structures. Sometimes his books are, shall we say, less than crystalline, but I think the effort is worth it. karl@dartmouth.csnet * * * dartvax!karl