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Chapterhouse Dune
- Narrated by: Euan Morton, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, Simon Vance
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are tuning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile.
Chapterhouse Dune is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever.
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"Compelling...A worthy addition to this durable and deservedly popular series." (The New York Times)
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- Anonymous User
- 2022-01-03
Only for the die hard fans
As each of the original books books go, this was by far the most babbling and convoluted of the bunch. Herbert was clearly a genius, and deeply thoughtful, but his ability explore complex intersecting ideas reached its limits and perhaps exceeded them in Chapterhouse. God Emperor was preaching and poorly paced, but at least I found the individual characters more enjoyable than in Chapterhouse. The beginning of the book does a poor job of establishing its protagonists and their values in the story. If you love this series and its lore you should absolutely listen, especially for the in depth exploration of the BG ideology, but expect constant digression and do not expect dialogue to follow any logical thread. There is also a somewhat disgusting point in the book essentially describing a sexual encounter between a child and an adult woman. I found myself cringing through it, and was left feeling disconcerted and a little confused of its intent. Herbert was often willing to go to the limits of what would could be considered acceptable in the context of children and sexuality, as in Children of Dune and its barely reasonable position given the specific context of its characters, but I dont see how this particular scenario benefitted the story, and was graphic and gross in nature. Also, take a shot every time the word Whore is used. Herberts obsession with sexuality is at its most obvious in this book, and provides essentially no value to the lore of Dune or any meaningful commentary on human nature, which is something he was more adept at on previous books.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-02-22
This universe just keeps on giving
Definitely enjoyed this book. It is a direct continuation from the previous book.
I felt that the plot of this book was fresh as it deviated from the 'sandworms/melange' being the focal points of the universe. Though the worms are still important, they aren't the end all beats all.
The shift allowed for a larger look at the universe and how events have moved from the days of Leto II, through the Scattering , to now and the foes plaguing the universe.
Also got a deeper dive into the Bene Geserit mindset which really helped to understand their motives and lift that shroud of mystery around them.
Plus the evolution of my boy Duncan, loved it.
In addition, with the stories of Muadi'ib, Leto II, and now the Scatterer's Return being so far apart in time from eachother, we can really explore how humanity has the chance to evolve, all the while living in a cycles. Doomed to repeat past mistakes until they get it right.
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- Art
- 2021-11-03
Good sequel, narration is hit or miss
Most of the narration is fantastic and immersive. But at least one narrator draws out their words excessively and doesn't change their voice enough between characters, making it difficult to tell which character is speaking..
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- Timothy
- 2021-02-23
What’s up with the pronunciation??
Great story, if a little sexual.
Unfortunately the narrators did not unify their pronunciation of particular words... where was the director?
- Matre
- Tleilaxu
- Scytale
- Shaitan
- Naib
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It’s frustrating when the words you are listening to are not consistent.
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- Aleef
- 2021-02-02
still a great book
I agree with all the comments about the narration. Having different people read it was a bad decision to begin with but having them mispronounce words is pretty annoying. Also, through the whole series, I found it hard to get over the unnecessarily overacted voice of the guy reading the quotes before every chapter. I didn't think the lady did a bad job, other than mispronouncing a bunch of Dune specific words but that happened with the other narrators too. However, her voice is breaking the story flow somehow. For the first minute or two after she starts reading it sounds like a different book. It was unnecessary. I can't imagine for what reason it was decided to have multiple people read this series.
Anyways, this book might not be as strong as the others in the series but it's still very good. It left me with that depressing feeling that it's going to be hard to find something satisfying to read for a while.
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- Mike
- 2018-09-05
too many narrators.
I'm about 2 hours in and still have no goddamn clue whats happening . I love all the dune books but this trilogy in particular seems to suffer from lack of direction at the beginning of the books.
also...audible, if you're going to have multiple narrators read the same book, could you make some effort to ensure they are pronouncing words properly? and the same way between different narrators? I'm glad I used a credit for this book as opposed to money cause I'd be asking for my money back. these Narrators are awful. more Scott Brick, less pompous sounding Brits....
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- Chris Carl
- 2014-05-23
Great Story! Horrible way to compile a narration.
I love the story. I been reading all the dune series that Frank Herbert wrote and been doing the audio books too. The worst narration was Dune Messiah. This narration has the same problems as Dune Messiah. Instead of using differ narrators for differ characters they just had them all narrate random chapters. Like they are all practicing narrating and not taking this one seriously. A message to whoever produces this audio book: We do not want random narrations that are disjointed. We want a male narrator doing male voices and a female one doing the female voices. Quit messing up our audio books. These narrators are great but who ever produced this is dumb as all can be.
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- Denis
- 2018-10-26
Horrendous narration
Listened to all the books this series up to this one. Could not finish this book due to horrendous narration by a female. The absurd out of place voice inflections and intonations, the changes from audible speech to whisper, without any reason for it, the British accent that made it next to impossible to understand passages, and the overall equal pacing of her speech which blended the whole thing into a mess, and zoned me out.
At first, I had to chose between continuing the book, or dropping it all together. I had made the choice to continue, but skip the section narrated by her. Then, I just dropped the whole book.
What a waste. A wonderful saga ruined by this horrible decision, to mix narrators, and the worst of it, to introduce one who utterly ruined the whole book. I wonder how many other books were ruined by that “executive” decision.
The first out of over two hundred books on Audible that I could not finish.
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- Doug D. Eigsti
- 2014-12-09
…..Bucket list complete.....
Back in the day I read the original DUNE and then followed with DUNE MESSIAH and CHILDREN OF DUNE, but then I stopped because I didn't like the direction the series was going. Over the intervening years I kept hearing high praise for the rest of the series. I just wasn't motivated enough to undertake reading all six books. But now that they are available on Audio I thought I would give it a try. After all I had been richly rewarded in a similar situation involving the works of Neal Stephenson. (I had avoided The Baroque Cycle after loving Snowcrash but disliking The Diamond Age) So, in the case of the Dune novels I felt compelled to check off this nagging omission from my bucket list. I was hopefully expecting a buried treasure. Sadly, my original estimation was confirmed. The original DUNE is wonderful and inventive, fresh and new. The balance of the Dune novels are slow plodding—focused too much on fanciful, imagined philosophy. The second book, DUNE MESSIAH, reads like an outline—just advancing the plot so the third, CHILDREN OF DUNE can be told. This third book has some mildly interesting characters and promises a Space Opera scale expansion of the story for the remaining novels. The fourth, GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE, documents the tyrannical reign of human-turned-worm Leto II but does not make good use of the vast scale of a multiple-planet empire. The creepy giant larvae-like emperor, and his entire dialog, seems less then majestic or oppressive, as later recollections will portray his reign. The idea is there but the execution is lacking. The next, HERETICS OF DUNE, advances the plot but leaves much to be desired when it comes to holding my interest; which it could have done with more interesting people or with witty dialog (Again the reader is referred to The Baroque Cycle). And this last novel is no improvement. Mercifully, Frank Herbert ended his series with CHAPTERHOUSE DUNE. This last novel has the same feel as the previous two books. I did not like it. And unless someone can convince me that the other Dune books, written by Frank Herbert’s son are of a completely different quality, my exploration of Dune is at an end.
As a public service I can say that if you enjoy exploring the outlining of a future society based on treachery and long range planning—but without fleshing out the characters or establishing an engaging storyline, then the last five Dune novels may be for you. My chief complaint is that the new characters which necessarily populate the later novels are just not very interesting. I was never made to care about them and so had a hard time following their concerns.
I sympathize with the plight of the narrators. The dissertation-like nature of the text as a sociological treatise demands a slow monotone reading, and the narrators faithfully comply.
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- Richard
- 2018-08-29
An unfortunate and abrupt end to the Dune series
Dune. The original novel has found its way into popular culture for its meaningful themes and ideas, memorable characters and fascinating setting. As the series progresses, however, the traits that defined what is hailed as the greatest science fiction novel of all time, quickly start to fall away, until we're left with Chapterhouse: Dune.
Herbert is known for his long-winded expositions, taking his time in setting up the stage, only to pull the curtain out for a big reveal halfway (or later) through the story. These expansive opening sections, replete with quotes about life and it's hidden meanings, can seem to drag on to the new reader, you either get it or you don't. While making good use of this time to humanize his characters and set the stage in the early books, it is in the latter few (and markedly so in this one) that the pace slows dramatically, to the point where 14 hours into this audio book, hardly any action had taken place. There was no reveal. I felt disinterested in most of the characters, the plot was thin at best, and it felt like the climax of the book would have taken place much earlier, giving us more of what the story would have been if the author hadn't tragically died a year later. There were, of course, good moments mixed in. Teg and Duncan are great characters, and Odrade is a fascinating and complex individual, however she suffers from the plot and pace given to her. I would have loved to see more of Sheanna's perspective in this novel as well. This is an unfortunate end to the Dune series, I cannot recommend it for the plot or characters, only for the satisfaction of finishing a story line for yourself.
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- Loren A Goodwin
- 2012-08-06
Unchallenged Series Finale
Have read this book many times along with the rest of the Dune Series. First time listen on the audio format and all of the books were great. Could have done with out the female narrator of Chapterhouse however. She needs some serious work on tonality and timing. Other than that small irritation all was splendid!
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- Nick
- 2019-10-26
After reading all 6, should have left it with Dune
overall pretty rambling/ rather boring. the first book was great, after that it kinda dragged...
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- D. Wright
- 2014-07-01
Did the narrators talk to each other?
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
The book would only make sense to someone who has read the other books in the series.
What do you think the narrator could have done better?
The narrators used different accents for some of the characters; for example, one narrator gave Murbella a generic Eastern European accent, while the others used their own accents. The character Scytale was pronounced as "Skytale" by one narrator and "Sigh-tale" by another. It was distracting.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Too long.
Any additional comments?
I love all of the Dune books.
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- Nick Tarasen
- 2019-10-27
Classic Herbert, but a terrible production
What bothers me about this audiobook is the lack of coordination in the production, which ultimately becomes quite grating. The Dune saga is full of proper nouns, and these numerous narrators managed to disagree about the pronunciation of most of them. Quite unnecessary and distracting, and a sad fate for this series of audiobooks.
As for the book itself: I'm going to assume that any reader who's reached this sixth book in the original Dune series knows what they're getting with a Frank Herbert book - an incredibly complex and well-drawn world that moves at its own pace but wrestles with some heady ideas. While I don't like that Herbert increased the callbacks to current times as the series went on (Van Gogh, really?), it's hard to deny the overall monumentality of his life's work.
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- N. Geninatti
- 2012-09-04
Exciting all the way to the end.
If you could sum up Chapterhouse Dune in three words, what would they be?
Suspenseful, Engaging, Thrilling
What was one of the most memorable moments of Chapterhouse Dune?
I found the moment when O'drade took to the failing sea for one last swim to be the emotional low of the book.
Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?
Duncan Idaho is the character who is most interesting as a person. His unwavering morals make him my favorite.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. I use audio books to get through long sessions such as those in a work environment which involves repetitive labor.
Any additional comments?
Chapterhouse Dune ends the Dune Chronicles nicely and gives the reader a sense of completing a great epic journey through humanity's common history in the universe.
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- Daniel
- 2015-02-08
This is the ONLY series Scott Brick should do
I have been a Frank Herbert fan since he first hit the bookstores. I have a first edition of the first three of his published books and really enjoy his style, characters and worlds. This is the where I was first introduced to Audiobooks and Scott Brick. He does a very good job making the stories believable, but he is predictable and after listening to all of the Dune series I can honestly say I can predict his tone and voicing for any part of the book BEFORE he has recorded it.
Scott Brick has really made it so I won't buy many books, not because I don't like Scott Brick but because of the way he performs every book in the same manner as he has with Dune. Somehow Red Rabbit and Atlas Shrugged don't seem right when he reads them.
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- Hadoop
- 2019-01-25
Sadly mediocre
Chapterhouse gets a lot of hate out there on the internetz and this is not a review to change that impression. I'm pretty sure you'll find better reviews than I'll ever be able to write on goodreads. My 2 cents: if you want to stop at Heretics, you might as well. This one also leaves you hanging (Frank Herbert didn't finish the series before his death), but at least Heretics will leave you with a nice taste...
But I do want to say something about the performance: what on earth? This whole series (the F. Herbert Dune) has the worst curation I found so far on audible. I'll try to leave individual comments for each book, but with this one, they thought it a good idea to not let Simon Vance (who has a great performance) do the entire book, so they randomly chose chapters to be read by other actors. The female characters voice at least has an apparent reason: they chose a woman to do it. Only that she's not as good as Vance and she doesn't really bring anything new. The other 2 male voices are just disorienting.