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The Dosadi Experiment
by Frank Herbert
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Berkley (1978-10-01)
ISBN: 0425038343
EAN: 9780425038345
Paperback
SKU: 11041
Condition: Good
Comments: Binding: Softcover. Condition: Good.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Beyond the God WallGenerations of a tormented human-alien people, caged on a toxic planet, conditioned by constant hunger and war-this is the Dosadi Experiment, and it has succeeded too well. For the Dosadi have bred for Vengeance as well as cunning, and they have learned how to pass through the shimmering God Wall to exact their dreadful revenge on the Universe that created them . . .
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Customer Reviews
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Frank Herbert's greatest work. One of the best Sci Fi novels of all time
Rating  (5)
Date: 2008-05-20
Dune was very good, but this is the best book Frank Herbert wrote, and one of the best sci fi novels of all time. I have never understood why it isn't better known. If you like Herbert, if you like Sci Fi, read this. There are already some excellent reviews here, so I need say no more.
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Not Free SF Reader
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-12-06
Secret world plot.
A nasty toxic world where you dump a bunch of people and run very shady experiments - pretty standard sort of scenario, really.
Even with the super-troubleshooter sent in to investigate.
Howver, the background political organisation and diplomatic relations between various alien races, and the organisation that the troubleshooter works for elevate this book above something that mundane.
3.5 out of 5
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A Difficult, but Interesting Read
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-11-19
While not in the same "class" as the Dune series this book is interesting though difficult at times to read. I'd give it 3 stars.
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The Dosadi Experiment
Rating (5)
Date: 2007-10-21
This is a great story. Put two different races on the same planet, and enclose them in an artificial dome, to keep out the planets poison-es atmosphere. Leave them there with limited resources and see what happens. Almost like a high school science project, or if you please like the Earth and we humans, as an alien science project, mum ....
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Extremely Philosophical
Rating (3)
Date: 2007-01-28
5 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a very difficult novel for me to review. It is brilliantly written and extremely deep in a philosophical sense. Too deep, in fact, for me to simply read and enjoy. I read for pleasure and this book requires either extreme intelligence or more effort than I'm willing to expend strictly for pleasure reading.
I read and enjoyed Dune very much. One of my favorite novels of all time. This novel is very similar to some of the sequels to Dune (God Emperor of Dune, Chapterhouse Dune) which I felt got too bogged down in deep philosphical discussions that quite simply lost me.
I am a very well educated person and no idiot, however I'm definitely not smart enough to fully appreciate this novel. I read the book and followed the story line, but feel like I missed so much of the underlying meaning that it was a waste of my time. I could probably read, reread and ponder many sections and ultimately gain a greater appreciation, but I'm challenged sufficiently at work. I read to relax and decompress. This is not relaxing reading.
Bottom line: If you are very intelligent and/or a deep thinker who reads in order to broaden your mind or challenge yourself, this novel will certainly do the trick. If you read strictly for pleasure and want science fiction, read Asimov instead. This book is Dune on steroids.
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