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Kevin J. Anderson
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Pocket Books
 Fantastic, 2006-08-07
The continuation of this incredibe series is simply amazing. I was hooked from the first page. The way the chapters are divided to follow the different major characters kept me reading the entire book until I'd finished it. The intrigue and plot twists are timed to perfection and the end of the story left me wanting the next book immediately.
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Kevin J. Anderson
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Pocket Books
Brilliant!, 2004-09-14
This is a great 2nd book, and continues the various storylines.
Cannot wait to get book 3.Sci-fi at its best.
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Kevin J. Anderson
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Pocket Books
 Bought as a present, 2010-01-17
I bought this as a present as my brother asked for it so he obviously enjoyed the other books and his feedback is that its great!!
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Author:
Brian Herbert,
Kevin J Anderson
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Hodder Paperbacks
dune fans, 2010-02-19
i have read ALL books of dune, original series + new series.
I have to say this book is quite boring but if you like the saga you must read it.
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Dean Koontz,
Ed Gorman,
Kevin J. Anderson
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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
I just cant wait.........., 2007-06-01
I have re read the two existing books in preparation for the release of Book 3, just to be frustrated by the delay in publication, so I may even read them again. One thing that hasn't been mentioned so far is that although Dean Koontz has the main authorship for the trilogy they are co written in the style of "Koontz" by Ed Gorman. Patterson also does this with his "Women's Club" books. In this case it isn't a problem as the books are great, they do "throw back" to more early Koontz style than some of his more current books with a "recipe" namely the "ODD" books ( A "Good Guy" in a dilemma), The Husband, and of course The GOOD GUY, I wonder where he got that title? The Frankenstein Books are a great unique read. Dont miss. The others are OK but very formulaic.
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Kevin J. Anderson
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Pocket Books
Excellent Space Opera, 2009-09-28
Well executed Space Opera that spans 7 volumes of high intensity storyline. Couldn't put it down.
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Dean Koontz,
Ed Gorman,
Kevin J. Anderson
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HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Every city has its secrets, but none as terrible as his. His name is Deucalin, a tattooed man of mysterious origin, a sleight-of-reality artist who's traveled the centuries with a secret worse than death. He arrives as a serial killer stalks the street, a killer who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that is missing in himself. Detective Carson O'Connor is cool, cynical, and every bit as tough as she looks. Her partner Michael Maddison would back her up all the way to Hell itself - and that just may be where this case ends up. For the no-nonsense O'Connor is suddenly talking about an ages-old conspiracy, a near immortal race of beings, and killers that are more - and less - than human. Soon it will be clear that as crazy as she sounds, the truth is even more ominous. For their quarry isn't merely a homicidal maniac - but his deranged maker.
Koontz at his best, 2007-04-23
Dean Koontz' three-part take on the Frankestein story is some of the best work he has ever written, very fast paced and addictive this book is impossible to put down. I read the last 250 pages of it in one sitting it was that good.
Highly reccomended.
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Kevin J. Anderson
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Pocket Books
Enjoyable space opera, 2007-11-30
To get the best out of this novel you should read the previous volumes of the saga first. Nevertheless, the author does provide a quick catch up on the plot so far and the history of the main characters. This is not, and presumably was never intended to be, a saga that stretches the mind. There are no deep or challenging ideas. Yet it is an enjoyable relaxing read. In science fiction there is a place for stories like this just as in mainstream fiction westerns (cowboys, etc.) may juxtapose with the perceptive writing of Jane Austen.
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Kevin J. Anderson
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Pocket Books
A Forest of Stars is book two of Kevin J Anderson's widescreen space opera "The Saga of Seven Suns", which began with Hidden Empire. The story so far is given in some detail for new readers. Briefly, unwise human tampering has roused the wrath of the near-invincible alien "hydrogues" who live within gas-giant planets, to the delight of the more humanlike Ildiran Empire who would love to see those bumptious Terrans taken down a peg. But soon the hydrogue clampdown on mining starship fuel from those gas giants threatens to bring ruin to the whole galactic economy, not just to humanity's corporate "Hanseatic League" and its breakaway factions. Now it emerges that the hydrogue problem is a very old one, and that humans and Ildirans are minor players--"like field mice on a giant battleground"--in an ancient war of elementals. The awakened hydrogues (Air) are determined to finish the job of wiping out the helpless-seeming forest group-mind (Earth) already introduced in book one, and in this volume the representatives of Fire and Water begin to stir... The slam-bang action follows many characters in many story strands. Independent human Roamers, mining fuel at frightful risk, come into conflict with the desperate League, which also feels forced into brutal oppression of its own colonies. A cruel, illicit Ildiran/human breeding experiment continues in secret. Sinister robots created by a vanished race plot their own enormities, while a matter-transmitter network built by that same race could be the answer to the fuel shortage. Dirty politics and unwilling marriages of convenience abound. Space fleets face impossible odds, whole planets are wrecked, and even suns are now at risk of oblivion. It's all rip-roaring interstellar adventure with megadeaths aplenty, lashings of pyrotechnics, the occasional touch of romance and doom-laden forebodings of worse to come. Stay tuned for more of "The Saga of Seven Suns". --David Langford
An epic among the Stars, 2005-07-24
Anderson's third installment in this amazing opera again makes for addictive reading. At first, one may think this series to be B rate at best. Aliens seemingly made from the elements themselves battling across the universe destroying entire planets and stars. But instantly upon opening the cover it becomes clear that this is anything but. With every single character having a story to tell and all the room needed in which to tell it, each book is several stories rolling together on a journey. With aliances forming between the roamers and Therons, the Ildiran empire in uphevel, the Hansa doing what a corporation does best, expanding, King Peter moving on the sly and the Wentals being their mysterious and cryptic selves, Anderson still finds the time leave the final page as a hugely unexpected twist from the world forest Verdani. This adventure gets better with every book. Indeed with every page.
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Author:
Kevin J. Anderson,
Brian Herbert
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Simon & Schuster Ltd
Another success for the Dune series, 2010-01-08
It was no surprise to find the same excellent writing style and plot as are found in the other books of the Dune series.
This one fills in more gaps in the story from when Paul Muad'Dib walked into the desert and, interestingly, about Bronso of IX.
I am still amazed that perfect continuity has been achieved with every book. The Winds of Dune is no exception. I don't know how much of an outline Frank Herbert left for the "big picture" of the Dune universe but everything fits extremely well with all the story told thus far.
Much like "Paul of Dune" and the books based on the stories of the individual families it does not follow a linear track. However it does not seem to matter too much whether it is read in Chronological order (to the story) ,in order to understand, or the order in which they were released.
If you are new to the Dune series or have only read the core three titles I would strongly recommend working through the entire collection. The complexities of the story and the interlocked and bewildering relationships between the different characters is, in my opinion, unrivalled by any other series I have read. There is something satisfying when all the pieces fall together and a new understanding is reached about the characters and the Dune universe. Wilbur Smith has a similar kind of interlocked story going on in his series but that is a different genre (Another on of my favourites).
So..... all in all, this addition to the Dune universe is just as good as those that came before, the characters retain the feeling that you can relate to their problems and feel as though you are there, watching events unfold, in your imagination. I cannot fault this worthy addition to the Dune collection.
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