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Prisoners Of Arionn

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Although this isn't your typical science fiction novel, it stands out amongst the genre as a good piece for one simple reason: the characters are so well developed. You come to know them as if they were family. I enjoyed reading this book years ago, mainly because it seemed more a mainstream novel than science fiction. It is a good piece of work, worth the time spent reading it (for me, the second time)and I would recommend picking up a copy --- if you can find one. Brian Herbert should be proud of this work!

PoA is a great book that melds a good Science Fiction Question ("What if...") with a character based story. The Question is "What if San Francisco were yanked up into space by aliens with unknown intent", and the human story is the dynamics of the totally dysfunctional family, the Fouquets. The story is compelling, and I read through the 407 page book in two sittings. The book takes it's time to find a protaginist, and the readability and "neato" concepts start showing up a third of the way through the book, alsmost as if the resolution hadn't been planned out. In addition, the resolution itself begs for a sequal, leaving much up in the air (pun clearly intended).

I read this about a year ago and it took me almost a year just to force myself to finish this book it was so awful. I enjoy Frank Herberts work so much I was sorely disappointed by his son. The characters where one dimensional. He seemed to use the sci-fi aspect as an excuse to throw in ridiculous junk that supposedly justified his pathetic characters lack of reason or humanity. I only Pray that he managed to not screw up the new DUNE book he co-wrote. I'd give this zero stars if it was an option