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A review by baxtercrabtree
Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert
3.0
By the time I got to these books, after being somewhat disaffected by the sheer amount of books that were prequeled, and pre-prequeled, I was tired. I wasn't sure I wanted to read anymore Dune, but the vertiginous cliffhanger in Chapterhouse compelled me to jump into them. After all, here was the actual conclusion based on the notes of the late author.
It was entertaining, a brisk and familiar read. The tone and style that of Anderson (and Herbert's son, Brian), so it had that characteristic, fantastical ooziness that old Herbert's books did not.
I'm not sure Herbert would have written this book, though. It's so tidy, and not that Herbert didn't keep his room clean, but his obsession with posterity meant there were always open questions, free-running threads of what-could-be. I feel like this was conclusory in a way that was different.
That's okay. That was the point. And it was entertaining to read, but I was tired. And then I was done. No fire was rekindled. I haven't read a Dune book since and that's okay by me.
It was entertaining, a brisk and familiar read. The tone and style that of Anderson (and Herbert's son, Brian), so it had that characteristic, fantastical ooziness that old Herbert's books did not.
I'm not sure Herbert would have written this book, though. It's so tidy, and not that Herbert didn't keep his room clean, but his obsession with posterity meant there were always open questions, free-running threads of what-could-be. I feel like this was conclusory in a way that was different.
That's okay. That was the point. And it was entertaining to read, but I was tired. And then I was done. No fire was rekindled. I haven't read a Dune book since and that's okay by me.