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  • Audio Cassette
  • Publisher: Dh Audio; Abridged edition (November 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0886461677
  • ISBN-13: 978-0886461676
  • Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 4.5 x 7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (70 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,268,337 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat Science Fiction, Deserves to be in Print
By 718 Session on September 17, 2002
Format: Hardcover
If you're looking for another "Dune", be warned: This book takes place on Earth, albiet an Earth that is about to go through some huge changes.
Our story opens with the death of the wife and children of brilliant biochemical researcher John O'Neill at the hands of terrorists. O'Neil is driven mad with grief and unleashes a biochemically engineered plague on the world, one that is 100% fatal to women.
While not Herbert's best book, it is still fantastic. Frank paints a horrific picture of governments racing first against each other to be the first to find a cure, and soon realilsing that a cure will only come with cooperation. Each country deals with the plague differently and the sweep of the story stretches around the world and back to the beginning as O'Neil admires his handiwork.
The story is quite action driven for a Herbert book. With most women dying off, the planet soon becomes unrecognizable. Will a cure be found in time? What form will it take? How will humanity survive? Herbert's trademark philosophical ruminations are there, just below the surface for plucking if you're interested. I will say, though, that the irony of thousand-year-old cultures having to re-write themselves overnight in the name of survival wasn't lost on me.
Even more tantalizing is the ending which will leave you wondering what will happen next. Not that there's a cliffhanger, but the world is so different you imagine a sequal would have done very well.
This is a really good book. It may drag a bit in spots and some of the science involved is a bit dated, but it is still very enjoyable. There's something wrong when a book as good as this one written by a author as popular as Herbert is out of print.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsVery Readable
By Russell C. Longmire on April 18, 2005
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
I read the first 5 reviews before writing this. I read this book quite some time ago and thought it was great. I waded through the original "Dune" and thought that this book was much more readable. I read all the criticism written about this book and I will tell you this. I leant this book to 5 different people and each of them read it straight through and could hardly put it down (myself included). Now I ask you, does that sound like an over rated book or a good book. I thought the book was very literary with one of the main characters being a catholic priest. The story is set in Ireland and has a strong Irish flavor. I have read a number of books by this author, I thought this story was one of his best!
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5.0 out of 5 starsA chilling story of loss and revenge gone amuck
By Alan R. Holyoak on May 22, 2000
Format: Hardcover
Herbert weaves a wonderfully chilling tale of loss and revenge in this biotech centered sci-fi offering.
In the book, the main character (a molecular biologist) loses his wife to a random terrorist bombing in Ireland. Fed up with the endless violence and loss of innocent life due to chronic IRA-British conflicts in Ireland, the scientist uses methods of genetic engineering to develop a virus that he plans to release in Ireland. He sends notice to the world of his intentions, and releases the virus.
The virus kills only women. Ireland is devastated, but, of course, the virus escapes and the white plague becomes a pandemic.
The technology certainly exists to develop genetically engineered viral vectors (i.e., viruses that carry genetically engineered DNA or RNA). Is such a plague possible? Technically, yes. That's what makes the tale so chilling.
The spread of the disease in the book and efforts to protect uninfected women are described as effort after effort to stop the virus fail.
This is great summer time reading for anyone who enjoys techno-sci-fi books. The story line is convincing, the scientific premises of the book are within the reach of feasibility, and the potential consequences of such an act are mind boggling.
Please re-issue this book. There are certainly people out there who would enjoy it.
5 stars!
Alan Holyoak
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe best non-Dune novel by Frank Herbert.
By A Customer on August 5, 1998
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Herbert crafts the finest social science fiction I've ever read. What makes this book excellent is the way you see events from all sides. Herbert handles complex characters and situations masterfuly. From the IRA terrorist to the biological terrorist, the villain and the hero exist in everyone at the right time under the right circumstances. To anyone who thinks this is just a macho melee, I would point out the power and reverence women gain from the outcome, as if these were possibly the first Reverend Mothers of the Bene Gesserit (my own leap--this book is completely apart from the Dune books aside from the great craftsmanship of the author.) Readers should also try the Dune books, Whipping Star, The Dosadi Experiment, and Man of Two Worlds. Any Herbert book is a good one, but those are some of his finest work.
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5.0 out of 5 stars💜💜💜💜💜
By Diana Dodd on March 21, 2016
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
I've read this book twice and just started reading for the third time! Forgot how it draws you in! Frank Herbert is an excellent writer. In this book he addresses the anger that comes with terrorism and loss. You never know how someone will react to tragedy. I hated the bad guy, but felt sorry for the bad things that brought him to this point!
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5.0 out of 5 starsGood book but... why not a movie?
By PerryAJoE on December 31, 2014
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I read the paperback of this book 20 years ago and I have liked this book ever since. I think it is a great book by a great author with a great speculative ending based on potential scientific outcomes! I suspect that since 9-11 books like this are too how-to explicit to make into a movie but I think that if we could go back 40 years and make the movie of the book the movie version would be as valuable a contribution to the SF genre, and society, as the original 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' (the TDTESS remake, is in my mind is too apocalyptic and no longer SF!)

Boy this book on kindle if you must but, my advice, is to find a hard copy (preferably hardcover) and keep it around for your later enjoyment.
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4.0 out of 5 starsHerbert is best known for his Dune novels

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Published 12 days ago by Joe Boudreault
4.0 out of 5 starsAn interesting read

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5.0 out of 5 starsFrank Herbert never ceases to amaze me. Everything he writes is lovely

Frank Herbert never ceases to amaze me. Everything he writes is lovely. His writing is like a thought experiment on society, and I find his novels relevant even today.

Published 1 month ago by Jessica Wessels
2.0 out of 5 starsInteresting premise, dry and slow-paced

The White Plague has a great premise - a revenge plague hosted by men that kills only women, and a global society left fumbling to find a cure. Read more

Published 2 months ago by sierra
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Excellent work of fiction.

Published 3 months ago by Rebelelement
5.0 out of 5 starsPerfect!

It is a great read.

Published 3 months ago by planted
5.0 out of 5 starshighlighting one of his favorite themes of "Careful who you piss off"

Herbert has created a very big and very dark tale of madness and revenge, highlighting one of his favorite themes of "Careful who you piss off".

Published 7 months ago by Jonathan K.
5.0 out of 5 starsFun for the Mind set Free!

Frank Herbert is one of the finest writers of all time. He is able to address just about any topic and over the course of a highly prolific career has done just about that. Read more

Published 9 months ago by John Sheppard
2.0 out of 5 starsHonestly it’s too bad Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson weren’t around...

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4.0 out of 5 starsSlow, but good

Very slow, too slow for my taste, but the twist at the end was good, and the character development was very good.

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