• God Emperor of Dune

  • By: Frank Herbert
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Length: 15 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (11,655 ratings)

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God Emperor of Dune

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Simon Vance
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More than 3,000 years have passed since the first events recorded in Dune. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad'Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. He alone understands the future, and he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species.

But to achieve his final victory, Leto Atreides must also bring about his own downfall.

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©1981 Frank Herbert (P)2008 Macmillan Audio

Critic reviews

"A fourth visit to Arrakis that is every bit as fascinating as the other three - every bit as timely." ( Time)
"Rich fare...Heady stuff." ( Los Angeles Times)

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Not as good as the others.

The performance was good and engaging but just could not make up for the books shortcomings. Overall the book was slow, had little action, overly focused on sex, and had a lot of screwed up philosophy.

It want all bad though. The closure it gives on Leto's story and his golden path is good and nice to have.

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should be required reading at military whacademies

this book expecially, but this entire series is saturated with political and Military wisdom . it is as valuable to me in the philosophical sense, as it is being the most important science fiction epic ever written... in my humble opinion at least.
somebody could actually bass a religion around the ideas proposed in this book.

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For the Most Part, Great to Listen to

I really loved Simon Vance, and most of the other voices. The characters, Leto, Moneo, and Duncan are done well, and to hear the book read really makes it easy to enjoy, right down to the layered philosophical arguments. I was able to enjoy Moneo and Leto's back-and-forth this time around, which I never really picked up on before, when I read the book years back.

What I didn't like were the readings of the Stolen Journals. Bleh. The tone seemed nasally, and the performance overcooked. Other than that I really enjoyed this book.

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Not bad

The only thing I tired of was the narrator of the "stolen journals" preface to many chapters. Everything else is great!

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Was Frank Herbert prophetic?

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Herbert's abilities to analyze and predict human thoughts and actions in different kinds of government was amazing. It almost was freaky as to the commentary it made on our state of affairs and this was written years ago. Absolutely amazing!

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loved it.

who does not love Frank Herbert. I would recommend the dune series to any sci-fi fan

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good but not as good as the its predecessors

Leto offers many nuggets of wisdom but the Duncan's are annoying as is Seeonna (Atraities descendant) not alot of action. Good story over all though.

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Excellent performance of classic epic

Compelling performance of a great story. Some voiceovers (the stolen journals in particular) were a little exaggerated, but I think intentionally so and with good effect. I love the psychology, religion, and environmentalism tucked neatly into great sci-fi storytelling. Highly recommended!

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Great book

It was very informative. And continued the story very well. The performance was great I felt I grew to know everyone.

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Such a classic

Maybe the greatest sci fi novel of all time. Slow burner of great philosophical importance.

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