In these last three installments of Frank Herbert’s Dune Chronicles, the pace slows way down. While I did not enjoy this trilogy as much as the first, I am glad I read it. The pace of these three books is slower that the first trilogy, with the philosophy more central. Persecuted minorities, and the last member of the Bene Tleilaxu, each have important parts to play. It becomes complex and complicated: breeding lines and possible saviours enemies and secrets the benefits of technology in plotting. The Bene Gesserit are seeking to terraform their current home planet to accommodate the sandworms, whose native planet (and others) has been destroyed by the Matres. The Matres want to exterminate the Bene Gesserit, after assimilating their technology and superhuman skills. Can humanity be free from the threat of extinction? An interesting question.Īnd so, on to ‘Chapter House Dune’ where the Bene Gesserit are the target of the Honored Matres. The Bene Gesserit understand the Golden Path, as intended by Leto II Atreides, but others want change. The death of Leto II Atreides caused the Scattering, an explosion of humanity into the universe. ‘Heretics of Dune’ starts 1,500 years later. This instalment held my attention and the ending sent me straight into ‘Heretics of Dune’ All of this is in accordance with a prophecy. Successive Duncan Idaho gholas serve Leto, and breeding lines are important. The Fremen are essentially powerless, the world is essentially stagnant and static. Leto, who can be violent, is supported by his all-female army: the Fish Speakers. His control of the remaining supplies of melange has enabled his rule as tyrant. He is a hybrid of human and sandworm, the last sandworm left on Dune because of terraforming. The God Emperor, Leto II Atreides, has ruled as a tyrant for 3,500 years. Of the three, ‘God Emperor of Dune’ was my favourite. The second Dune Trilogy consists of three books: I do have one other Dune book to read (‘House Atreides’ by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson) but that will be the end of my Dune exploration. And the right time finally arrived after I reread the first Dune Trilogy last year.
I’ve had a copy of the second Dune Trilogy sitting on my bookshelf since 1988 (from memory) just waiting for the right time to read it. Evolution does not end short of death for an entire species.’
‘No person or society is ever a pinnacle.
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