Customer Reviews

Direct Descent

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Sharp art on cover draws one to this book. Good story and plot, certainly a great introduction to Frank Herbert's writing. Black and white drawings throughout this book are terrific and make it more interesting. I was impressed with this book for young people to enjoy.

I got this for my Kindle since I hadn't read it in many years. The story has lately been popping into mind, so I got it and reread it. The story is still great, but the kindle edition has an amazing number of typographical errors, especially in the second half of the book. Most don't detract from the story, but when the character named 'Prue' is referred to as 'True', that's a little confusing!

This Frank Herbert novel will surprise you, since I know of no other novel by him which had occasional pictures (B&W) included. It IS entertaining, and has good continuity over ages of time, and will not require ages to read. Even though this author has passed on, there is still time to discover how GOOD he is!

I have been a huge fan of Dune for a long time, but I have also enjoyed Frank Herbert's other work, such as Santaroga Barrier or The Dosadi Experiment, so I decided to give this a try.

This doesn't really read like a novel as it does a short story. The plot is sparse, and the point of the story in the beginning was rather different from the end. This story started off great and I was wondering what kind of messages or lessons would be imparted, but the story fell very flat. This story feels more like a experiment by Herbert, a literary 'doodle' while he explored ideas and played with them. The illustrations did make a nice touch, though.

I picked this up at a used bookstore just because of the author. I think it must be for young adults. The writing was simplistic. I think the typeface was even larger than most books