Dunenewt Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 How many people have read any of Frank Herbert's other books? I bought The Dragon in the Sea and The Santaroga Barrier yesterday, and will be reading them shortly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I've read Do I Wake or Dream? and some other short stories, as well as about the half of The Santaroga Barrier in Russian, but translations often leave a confusing feel. I think I've got to get some of Frank's books in English someday (in particular, I want to read The Dragon in the Sea) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted April 25, 2008 Author Share Posted April 25, 2008 After I've read it, I could post it to you, it is quite a thin book. According the the inside cover, the copy of The Santaroga Barrier I have is a first edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egeides Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 I found that Santaroga Barrier didn't compare to Dune, but it was an interesting read. I found more interesting FH's unpublished Dune things in Road to Dune. I'd like to read this compilation of FH short stories at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted April 25, 2008 Share Posted April 25, 2008 Dunenewt, at first I didn't get it what you were talking about ;D Thanks, I'll think about that :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I've read a ton of Herbert's other works. Dragon in the Sea (A.K.A. Under Pressure) was really good; but I wasn't as crazy about the Santaroga Barrier. Two of my favourites were the White Plague, and his only non-sci-fi novel, Soul Catcher. The ConSentiency novels were pretty good, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 The Dosadi Experiment was great, and I've meant to read Destination: Void but never got a hold of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted April 26, 2008 Share Posted April 26, 2008 I also remember a short story (forgot the title) where there's a race of immortal aliens (called Chem, if I'm not mistaken) who secretly shoot "feature films", which are in fact real-life events on Earth that are engineered by them. They also kidnapped human females and made them their sex slaves or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted April 27, 2008 Author Share Posted April 27, 2008 I bought The Dosadi Experiment, Whipping Star. Hellstrom's Hive, and The World's of Frank Herbert today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted April 28, 2008 Share Posted April 28, 2008 I've got Hellstrom's Hive in Russian, but I haven't read it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandChigger Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 The ConSentiency and the Pandora books are favorites. <i>The While Plague</i> was bleak, but I enjoyed it.<i>The Road to Dune</i> is a bit of a disappointment, no? Too much extraneous, non-FH sh...stuff. ::) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard3000 Posted April 29, 2008 Share Posted April 29, 2008 I also remember a short story (forgot the title) where there's a race of immortal aliens (called Chem, if I'm not mistaken) who secretly shoot "feature films", which are in fact real-life events on Earth that are engineered by them. They also kidnapped human females and made them their sex slaves or something.That would be the Heaven Makers. I wasn't really crazy about it, but parts of it were interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted April 29, 2008 Author Share Posted April 29, 2008 The Dragon In The Sea was a great read, and although short, kept me entertained. There was lots of things that reminded me of Dune in the book, including the reference to hawkish features, and something about a reed in the wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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