Okay, how can you begin to sum up this fantastic series? Well, it's a cliché — like talking about the new Harry Potter — but if anyone deserves the mantle of the "new Tolkien", I think it's Robert Jordan. Except he's a much better writer (no reflection on Tolkien; he was an...
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A few lines from one of the six books about the Raven — I'm not even going to tell you which one, because it really doesn't matter; I chose them completely at random. Its point is to give you the flavor of the books. There's a lot of fighting, and I think Barclay does it well, with a lot...
I think the Litany against Fear — not simply the Litany, but the whole concept of the Bene Gesserit's instruction in mental control and discipline — was a major reason for my initial attraction to Dune.Very attractive to a teenager, and to an adult too, if it comes to that! Herbert's...
