Dune 7

[Edric O]

Yesterday I talked with a friend about the prequels and Brian Herbert. I was wondering why doesn't Brian make a sequel. And just then he said: "Wait, I have Dune 7". I obviously didn't believe him until he SHOWED ME THE BOOK. On the cover it says "Dune 7", and also "Brian Herbert". He borrowed me the book and I'm looking at it right now (to make sure I wasn't dreaming).

I stopped reading the Dune books after Dune Messiah, so I don't understand anything from Dune 7. The story happens some millenia after the Scattering. Somehow all of humanity returned to Earth (??), which is completelly covered in ice (????). The book is in romanian. The full title is "Dune 7: Cartea Brundurilor", which means "Dune 7: The book of brunds". Note that I have no idea what "brund" means and it's not in romanian.

So, can someone tell me where did this book come from?

[bob_fox]

What?! Are the people of Dune supposed to be from earth? I didn't know that!

[Mahdi]

Ah, Edric, you've found one of the few copies of Dune 7. Congratulations. Now toss it in the trash, 'cause it isn't what you think. It is fan fiction written in Romania (to get around American copyright laws) with someone using the pen name Herbert to make it look legit (I've heard of the authors name being Phillip, not Brian, but thats a minor issue).

[quoudam72]

Sven you should read God-Emperor of Dune again (or for the first time) for that information.

[cyclonus]

I rememeber reading in the back cover of House Atreides, that Brian found dune 7 in his fathers safe box, shortly after Frank died.

[Edric O]

Mahdi, how could I toss it in the trash if it's not my book? ;)

It is probably fan fiction, especially since it was published by a now-so-well-known (read never-heard-about) publisher. But it was *supposedly* written by Brian Herbert...

[ackbar]

thats crazy dude, im still on children though so i dunno.

[quoudam72]

So Edric tell us how does it read. Should you throw it in the garbage as Mahdi suggested (if it were your book) or is it worth reading?

[cyclonus]

Yeah, the thing is even his son says it is...

[Edric O]

I never read any of Brian's books before, but this Dune 7 does have a dune-ish fell to it. Too bad I can't understand any part of the plot. There's a war going on between different factions, and all of them have cities under the ice. All the history from before the Scattering was forgotten, because apperently there was a religious directive against writing. As far as I can tell, these people on Earth were cut off from the rest of the Universe by the Scattering. But somehow they're the last humans left... or they think they are.

[ordos45]

Brian Herbert did find literally hundreds to thousands of pages worth of notes in a saftey deposit box of his father's. Like Cyclonus said.

The idea for a seventh dune book. Though he has never made it yet. I think I read on a website or in the acknowledgements of one of the prequels he may do it or the Butlerian Jihad after the prequel books.

[tobias]

at dunenovels.com it looks like they are

making the Butlerin Jihad first :( i would

rather have nr. 7.

[quoudam72]

I would like to see that but if it is like the prequel novels I won't enjoy it much.

[tobias]

you can fell its not the same writer, but i

like the prequels anyway.

[parzival]

I hated the prequels, with the complete lack of continuity and the bad Star Wars hack novel writing style, I felt bad a tree died to make that tripe.