Dune

House Corrino

by Brian Herbert

No cover — Brian Herbert: Dune (2001, Bantam Books)

496 pages

English language

Published Nov. 2, 2001 by Bantam Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-553-58033-4

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(15 reviews)

This is a prequel to the famous Dune series written by the authors father Frank Herbert, and is one of a long series of books which pre-date the famous Dune books....others include Dune House Atreides, House Harkonnen, and The Winds of Dune. The various series by Brian Herbert, written after his father's death HAVE HAD A MIXED RECEPTION, some liking the continuation of his father's concept and others feeling the books didn't have the atmospheric feel of the original series and were playing on Frank Herbert's fame

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Hayo reviewed Dune: The battle of Corrin by Brian Herbert

Review of 'Dune' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

So the first book in the series was quite good. But halfway book 2 it goes rapidly downhill, with book 3 (this one) being the worst. A lot of stuff thought up by Brian just don't make sense in the canon of Dune, and most of the book is basically plugging holes, so it somehow leads into the Dune books. But in a very, very sloppy way. Lots of good ideas from the first book are left, because he just didn't know what to do with them. Very disappointing read.

speljamr reviewed Dune: The battle of Corrin by Brian Herbert

Review of 'Dune' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

I'm a bit torn with some of the Dune prequels. I'm loving the back story and how it shows what eventually turns into the classes of humanity that we see in the original Dune series, but at the same time, the writing is simply not the same as Frank Herbert; I can't help but wondering what these might have been like had Frank Herbert wrote them himself. I've never been a fan of Brian Herbert, but I have enjoyed many books by Kevin J. Anderson.

Overall, if you like the Dune universe and you can't get enough of it then you will likely enjoy this Legends of Dune series. In fact, compared with the first Dune prequel trilogy, this one is much better. Because of my love for this universe I will continue to read more of these Dune books and will just have to accept the fact that they …