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- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, Ilyana Kadushin, Byron Jennings, David R. Gordon, Jason Culp, Kent Broadhurst, Oliver Wyman, Patricia Kilgarriff, Scott Sowers
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
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Long-listed, Audible.com Best of the Year, 2007
Long-listed, Audible.com 100 Audible Essentials, 2007
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling
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Discover the epic mystical adventure that is Dune. This fantasy and science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert has all the tropes and makings of a true classic in its genre. Frank Herbert’s Dune is mesmerizing and moving, full of adventure, wonder, heroism, and other worlds. The story follows the tale of the main character Paul Atreides of the house Atreides, and his mother, Lady Jessica, a member of the Bene Gesserit sisterhood. Taking place on imaginary desert planets such as Arrakis, home of the fremen and leader Stilgar, and Caladan, political drama and betrayal unfold as noble houses fight for rule of the known universe. Mix these big ideas with new worlds and dangers such as giant sandworms, melange ‘spice’ and an epic battle of Corrin, and you get the action and adventure of The Dune novels- some of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.
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This audiobook adaptation is a masterpiece narrated by an entire cast of voice actors, including Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and Simon Vance. Along with their cast members, they bring to life the dramatic moments and critical scenes with this excellent narration. This adaptation even won an Audie award on its release for its standout narration performances. Get caught up in the wonder and magic of this mystical world, brought to life by the dynamic and clear voices of the cast, from the characters of Baron Harkonnen (of infamous House Harkonnen) to Duncan Idaho and Gaius Helen Mohiam. A true must-listen for any fantasy or science fiction fan, a cannot miss legendary book. The Dune series also includes prequels and sequels in Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, Hunters of Dune, Sandworms of Dune and various other titles from the Dune Universe.
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- KT_TO
- 2018-01-11
Great story... but inconsistent voices?
Great sci-fi story. Rich & deep. My only issue was with the narrators... there are a bunch of different voices for different characters, but they change between chapters. So one voice you get to know for one character, is all of a sudden gone in the next chapter, or even once, the voice plays a different character. So, that was less than ideal.
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- TJ
- 2018-11-15
Very confusing production
This was a decent audiobook, but the production decisions made it super confusing. First off, there would be different parts in the book where the SAME character would be voiced by DIFFERENT people. Why???
Second, the division into 18 “tracks” makes zero sense since the actual book chapters start and end at random spot within the each “track,” with some chapters continuing over multiple “tracks.”
Overall the voices/reading was great and the music was a nice touch, but the production decisions make this a very confusing listen.
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- juxtapose519
- 2018-11-11
Story is excellent, audiobook is frustrating
This audiobook is billed as "full cast", but that's only the case half the time. The other half, the characters are voiced by the narrator. Both the cast and the narrator are excellent, but the switching back and forth is incredibly frustrating and took me out of the story so many times.
It's a particular problem with the "Baron" character. The actor plays the character like a large muscly supervillain, and the narrator voices him like Winston Churchill. If they'd just picked one and stuck with it, it wouldn't be a problem. It's not even like they ran out of money half way through and had to can the actors because it switches back and forth constantly. They probably tried to voice as much as they could afford and just picked the most important scenes to use the actors, but man was it a bad choice.
Either way, the story is incredible. If you can overlook the voice acting, you'll have a great time. Otherwise, find a different version.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-06-07
Different voices used for the same character
Awesome story. Really enjoyed the narrative. Note that for some odd reason they use a different voice actor for the same character. Very difficult and confusing to follow. Apart from that, this is a great book
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- Exanime
- 2017-11-22
Dune is such a classic for good reasons
Excellent book, amazing story; it's no wonder Dune has a cult following
The performance in this audiobook was excellent, my only criticism would be that, even thought voice actors were available for all major characters, it seems half the time they were not used but instead the narrator would fake a voice to mimic them
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- Anonymous User
- 2019-08-09
Lack of consistency is jarring.
The shifting voices in the narration are off putting and confusing at first, but the quality is such that by the end of Book 1 it no longer serves as a detriment beyond a lament of "what if the whole book was this good?".
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- Ignacio Rodriguez
- 2021-03-18
Full cast vs narrator
I hesitated downloading this book based on the reviews that say the performance is confusing: it’s a mix of Full Cast performances and a narrator who takes on all the roles. In all, I didn’t find it as confusing as apparently other did; however, the narrator gives a richer reading.
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- Shirleen Burnett
- 2021-11-04
Excellent production
I was skeptical after reading all the reviews saying that the narration was difficult to follow but I'm glad I purchased it. It is true that the voices for the characters change, but there is a clear rhyme and reason to it. The book is narrated by a single reader, with dramatic moments taken over by a full cast. It is not hard to grasp the concept. I don't understand why so many found it confusing. I thought it was well done and I enjoyed the elements of drama the music and cast added.
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- Mitchell
- 2018-12-15
Lack of coherent actors
The story is breathtaking, but the voice acting flicks between one guy, and 5 people. The deep voice of the baron is sometimes a thing, sometimes it's just the one main guy.
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- MJN
- 2021-03-28
I’m sorry, this isn’t a good book.
The story was predictable right from the first chapter, the dialogue and character behaviour makes me wonder if Herbert every interacted with other humans, and the obsession with Christ like prophecy is just cheap. Paul has zero depth, says something generic, and then all characters around him gawk and say “wow now he’s a man I could follow.”
But, it was good for its time right? No, it wasn’t. People have been producing fantastic literature for thousands of years. This is just a neat concept with poor execution.
On top of that this audiobook feels like it’s on shuffle because they made the incredibly odd decision to merge two entirely separate productions into a single book.
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