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By: Frank Herbert
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Veiled Alliances
- A Prequel Novella to the Saga of Seven Suns
- By: Kevin J. Anderson
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook shows the origin of the green priests on Theroc, the first Roamer skymining operations on a gas-giant planet, the discovery of the Klikiss robots entombed in an abandoned alien city, the initial Ildiran expedition to Earth, the rescue of the generation ship Burton and the tragedy that leads to sinister breeding experiments. Veiled Alliances is an excellent starting point for readers new to the Saga, as well as an unforgettable adventure for fans of the series.
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Start with Book One
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 06-05-14
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Hellhole
- By: Brian Herbert, Kevin J Anderson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Only the most desperate colonists dare to make a new home on Hellhole. Reeling from a recent asteroid impact, tortured with horrific storms, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and churning volcanic eruptions, the planet is a dumping ground for undesirables, misfits, and charlatans…but also a haven for dreamers and independent pioneers. Against all odds, an exiled general named Adolphus has turned Hellhole into a place of real opportunity for the desperate colonists who call the planet their home.
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Cliff hanger alert!
- By Robert on 04-07-11
By: Brian Herbert, and others
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Dune
- Il ciclo di Dune 1
- By: Frank P. Herbert
- Narrated by: Alessandro Parise
- Length: 20 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Arrakis è il pianeta più inospitale della galassia. Una landa di sabbia e rocce popolata da mostri striscianti e sferzata da tempeste devastanti. Ma sulla sua superficie cresce il melange, la sostanza che dà agli uomini la facoltà di aprire i propri orizzonti mentali, conoscere il futuro, acquisire le capacità per manovrare le immense astronavi che garantiscono gli scambi tra i mondi e la sopravvivenza stessa dell'Impero. Sul saggio Duca Leto, della famiglia Atreides, ricade la scelta dell'Imperatore per la successione ai crudeli Harkonnen al governo dell'ambito pianeta.
By: Frank P. Herbert
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Hellstrom's Hive
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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America is a police state, and it is about to be threatened by the most hellish enemy in the world: insects. When the Agency discovered that Dr. Hellstrom's Project 40 was a cover for a secret laboratory, a special team of agents was immediately dispatched to discover its true purpose and its weaknesses - it could not be allowed to continue.
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An Old Friend
- By DJM on 05-08-08
By: Frank Herbert
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Destination: Void
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hibernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship's three organic mental cores - disembodied human brains that control the vessel's functions - go insane. The emergency skeleton crew sees only one chance for survival: build an artificial consciousness in the Earthling's primary computer that can guide them to their destination - and hope it doesn't destroy the human race.
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For Devotees Mostly
- By John Strange on 07-25-15
By: Frank Herbert
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The Spice Must Flow
- The Story of Dune, from Cult Novels to Visionary Sci-Fi Movies
- By: Ryan Britt
- Narrated by: Ryan Britt
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Geek-culture expert Ryan Britt takes us behind the pages and scenes of the science-fiction phenomenon Dune, charting the series' life from cult sci-fi novels to some of the most visionary movies of all time.
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Wish the author had left out his personal politics
- By R. Busby on 10-19-23
By: Ryan Britt
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Great Classic Science Fiction
- Eight Unabridged Stories
- By: Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lester Del Rey, Fritz Leiber, and others
- Narrated by: Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, Nick Sullivan, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
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This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores ground-breaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the atmospheric tension of these legendary stories.
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Great authors, good stories
- By Joel D Offenberg on 09-07-10
By: Stanley G. Weinbaum, and others
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The Dosadi Experiment
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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Generations of a tormented human-alien people, caged on a toxic planet, conditioned by constant hunger and war - this is the Dosadi Experiment, and it has succeeded too well. For the Dosadi have bred for vengeance as well as cunning, and they have learned how to pass through the shimmering God Wall to exact their dreadful revenge on the Universe that created them....
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The wrong narrator...again....
- By Stephen Hickman on 01-01-18
By: Frank Herbert
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The White Plague
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins
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A warm day in Dublin, a crowded street corner. Suddenly, a car-bomb explodes, killing and injuring scores of innocent people.From the second-floor window of a building across the street, a visiting American watches, helpless, as his beloved wife and children are sacrificed in the heat and fire of someone else's cause.
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Great book and not a rip off
- By Randall on 11-09-17
By: Frank Herbert
What listeners say about House Harkonnen: House Trilogy, Book 2
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- Robert
- 04-25-13
Maybe better than original Audible production.
This review is the same for all three books of the “House Trilogy.”
The author of the Dune [Chronicles] Saga, Frank Herbert, died in 1986 before completing the final installment, Dune 7. According to his son, Brian Herbert, a couple of years after the passing of his father, a safety deposit box was found with copious notes about the saga’s past and outlines for its future completion. His son collaborated with Kevin J. Anderson on the final book but also several prequels including a Prelude to Dune trilogy about the three prominently featured houses or families of the saga: Atreides, Harkonnen and Corrino.
I thoroughly enjoyed the audio version of the original Dune years ago. And, after just finishing the entire “House” trilogy, I reread the original to more freshly compare them. I must say, I think that I enjoyed the prequels more. However, I don’t know that I would have had I not read the original first. Before going on about the “House” series, because one cannot edit a review on Audible once it’s posted, a comment here about Book 1 might be helpful. The original Dune is narrated by Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance and a cast of others. At first it seemed like a good idea to have each character in the book have a unique voice. Unfortunately, from the way the book sounds, each narrator performs in a different studio setting. How do I know? Because it sounds that way. The dialogue sounds stilted, jerky and downright amateurish. Everyone of the characters in the prequels is played by Scott Brick. And they are far superior recordings. Scott Brick’s character dialogues are fluid, of the same ambience and just don’t sound dated like the original.
To continue about the prequels, they have an added depth to them. The characters are more fully fleshed out. The separate and familial relationships among all the characters are more fully explored. I realize this in not in accord with some other reviewers who sometimes seemed to find conflict with the original material. On the contrary, I found mostly only continuity that added to and enriched the original.
In the prequels we learn how Paul Atreides becomes the product of the generations of genetic “engineering” (selective breeding) of the Bene Gesserit to obtain the Kwisatz Haderach. And we learn of the backgrounds of all the other major players: Baron Harkonnen and his maniacal family, Emperor Shaddam and his, Jessica, Rev Mother Mohiam and a whole lot of background on the other Bene Gesserit “witches.” There was a mystical context in the original chronicles but these prequels greatly amplify on that.
The Guild Navigators and their relationship to the spice is mentioned only tangentially in the Original but plays a significant part in the prequels. All the female characters of Dune Prelude play a much more significant role and that too is much to the credit of these authors. It’s always nice to have that balance. We could just go on and on but why spoil it. Hopefully, I’m communicating my sense of excitement about the Prelude to Dune Trilogy. I think that each “House” installment was just excellent and the old man would have been proud of his son and his coauthor. If you’re a fan of the Dune Chronicles, you owe it to yourself to read the “House Trilogy.”
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- Jim "The Impatient"
- 05-17-18
Too Long and Too Boring
definitely not a good reread. I enjoyed this years ago. I read the hard copy. I am not saying their is anything wrong with the narration, I just enjoyed it a lot more in hard cover.
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- Realis Kat
- 03-07-19
good book bad audible Formatting
while I enjoyed this book quite a bit there is an issue where audible only has it set into 3 chapters the longest being about 24 and 1/2 hours making listening on multiple devices or in multiple sitting is quite difficult if the devices don't sink properly.
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- Gomer Pyle
- 04-08-12
Great Back-Story for the Frank Herbert Series
I was slow in warming up to the idea of Brian Herbert/Kevin Anderson adding side-bar stories to Frank Herbert's classic SciFi series. Had it not been for Audible including this title, House Harkonnen, in one of their periodic $4.95 sales, I would likely have never bought it. After having listened to this book, I've now added other Dune books by the Herbert/Anderson team to my wish list.
This book is well written and well performed (by Scott Brick). I appreciate how it remained true to the character personalities portrayed in the original series. Within the first hour, I was immersed in the ever-familiar universe of Dune. It seemed the writing duo made every effort to keep Frank's voice alive in this tale.
Having listened to this book, I now better understand many of the characters and plot setups in the original Dune book. I would recommend this book to any who may have enjoyed the original Frank Herbert series.
If you are new to the Dune series, it may be worthwhile to start with the House series and The Machine Crusade. These books should prove to be a great back-story to the original series.
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- Dan
- 04-11-10
Very Good Series
You know you have a good book when you start down-loading the next one (like I am now) before you finish the one you're listening to now, or the one you have recently purchased by the same author.
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- Dana
- 08-24-10
Go Atreides!
I absolutely LOVE ALL of the DUNE books, my favorites being The Legend of Dune series. But, it's so interesting to go back and read this trilogy because it reveals so much detail in how the plots and intrigue of the future books were set up, including the mysterious "no-ship" that is a major part of Chapterhouse Dune. This is another series that I can't get enough of, and apparently, Herbert (Frank and Brian) couldn't get enough of writing it either! There are so many branches that take off from the "main" books. I'm actually reading the whole series over again, in order, as much as I can figure out, starting with this Trilogy. I know someday I will go back and read Legends of Dune -- wonderful!
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- Cliff
- 11-01-13
better than the first book
Would you consider the audio edition of Dune to be better than the print version?
They are about the same. The narration is good but it is about the same whether in print or audio.
What did you like best about this story?
I like learning the backstory of my favorite characters from the original series.
What does Scott Brick bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
The narrarator helps flesh out the characters a bit.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, it is too long for that.
Any additional comments?
This is a good book, in a good series. It was a bit formulaic and didn't quite mesh with the original series. It still is a good book on its own merits. You can tell these are the first attempts of the authors to address the material. They get it much better in later books. (legends of Dune series) as the authors hit their stride.
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- Beth
- 02-21-15
House Harkonnen
Too much focus on other than Harkonnen plot. Much of the novel seemed to focus on House Atreides. Not enough Harkonnen history.
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- Brandon
- 11-19-21
Worth a "Re-Read"
I still have the old "abridged" versions of the Dune House prequels (CDs) that were surprisingly well narrated by Tim Curry. I put abridged in quotations because they were still relatively long stories that felt fully fleshed out.
This newer series, read by the always excellent Scott Brick, is unabridged and goes so much deeper into the small details that the original audio versions left out, I hadn't realized the depths that Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson had gone to give the readers a worthwhile experience. Definitely worth the credits to hear the unabridged versions. Though I do at times miss Tim Curry's voice acting.
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- Whitwam
- 08-01-19
Needs work
One long audible file for the book and needs to be broken into segments for each chapter as it is a pain every time one loses their place and needs to hunt to regain it. Also, the story is more of what is expected from the authors from their previous Dune books, less than polished writing and difficult story to give a hoot about. Scott's performance is on point making it almost bearable but not worth a recommendation.
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