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Title details for Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert - Available

Dune Messiah

#2 in series

by Frank Herbert
Scott Brick
Audiobook
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The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! Frank Herbert's second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to a power unimaginable, bringing to fruition an ambition of unparalleled scale: the centuries-old scheme to create a superbeing who reigns not in the heavens but among men. But the question is: Do all paths of glory lead to the grave?

  • Creators

  • Series

    Dune

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 1, 2007

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781427202376
      • File size: 258069 KB
      • Duration: 08:57:38

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 780
    • Text Difficulty: 3-4

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Fans will be overjoyed by this stellar production of Frank Herbert's second installment in the Dune series. Picking up the plot with the rise to power of Maud'Dib, listeners will be entranced by the drama on the planet Arrakis. Will the quest for a super being that can reign over men be realized, or will the lust for power turn deadly? DUNE MESSIAH answers these questions and more through an expert full-cast narration that makes listeners feel as if they're on Arrakis themselves. The production features some of the best audiobook narrators in the business. Nine actors perfectly flesh out this epic, including the celebrated Simon Vance and Scott Brick. J.T. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      November 26, 2007
      In 1965 Frank Herbert published Dune
      . After it was heralded as a masterpiece of science fiction, he wrote the briefer Dune Messiah
      in 1969, concentrating eponymously on Paul Atreides, and then, sensing the sales potential, added sequels. They were continued by his son, culminating in the just published finale, Sandworms of Dune
      . Now, 38 years after its publication, four narrators capture Dune Messiah
      on discs, while listeners, with no glossary, try to recall the meaning of its esoteric nomenclature. The audio gets off to a lively start as the book opens with nearly all conversation, playing up the camaraderie between the narrators who have partnered on several other readings of classic sci-fi novels. While the cast works well together, some of the male narrators emphasize a stately dullness. Kellgren, the sole feminine voice, supplies real emotion and a true sense of awe.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:780
  • Text Difficulty:3-4

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