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Chapterhouse: Dune by Frank Herbert
5.0
A great end to a phenomenal series!
Chapterhouse is a delightful return to the schemes and feints within feints of the falling Old Empire of one million planets. With the scope of the God Emperor’s prescience and planning revealed in the second half of Heretics an interesting game happens in this book.
The major question being “How much of the scattering did he predict?”
Its an interesting question, and there is no definite answer given. Compare this to Asimov’s foundation! Wherein we are given a group whose statistical knowledge of psychology and society allows them to predict thousands of years into the future, only to be unable to see mutations that occur and so be enslaved by The Mule.
To me leaving the prediction of The Honoured Matre, and Futars vague created a more engaging narrative, where the reader is at odds with wether this is the true Golden Path, or if it is finally off course.
Further this novel contains a beautiful and touching eulogy for Frank Herberts late wife, Beverly, who had influenced the creation of the series, and was a source of inspiration throughout his life.
Chapterhouse is a delightful return to the schemes and feints within feints of the falling Old Empire of one million planets. With the scope of the God Emperor’s prescience and planning revealed in the second half of Heretics an interesting game happens in this book.
The major question being “How much of the scattering did he predict?”
Its an interesting question, and there is no definite answer given. Compare this to Asimov’s foundation! Wherein we are given a group whose statistical knowledge of psychology and society allows them to predict thousands of years into the future, only to be unable to see mutations that occur and so be enslaved by The Mule.
To me leaving the prediction of The Honoured Matre, and Futars vague created a more engaging narrative, where the reader is at odds with wether this is the true Golden Path, or if it is finally off course.
Further this novel contains a beautiful and touching eulogy for Frank Herberts late wife, Beverly, who had influenced the creation of the series, and was a source of inspiration throughout his life.