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Jacob Frank is the second and last major exponent of apostate messianism, the concept that lead to the Sabbatain heresy. His picaresque life is recounted by Alexandr Kraushar. The editor's 'A Note for the General Reader' and his annotations to Kraushar's text explore the sources, and the reasons for the disappearance, of the Sabbatain heresy. These observations are reflected against aspects of early 20th Century European history. Also explored are affinities to the tenets of Sabbatian theology found in lines of T.S.Eliot's "Four Quartets" and in the role of the Old Bolsheviks in Stalin's Purge Trials. ... Read more

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Great plot, sometimes thick writing
I like the direction Frank Herbert took the Dune series in his first two sequels. This book has a bit more development than the original Dune. We get to learn more about the inner turmoil of Paul, Alia, and then meet the kids. Frank has a way of creating politically exciting twists and power struggles, without making any one character the villain. Paul and Alia in their own ways are both despots and victims. In terms of storyline, I think this brings the story to a satisfying conclusion (I'm not so big a fan of what happens after Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3)).

Frank's writing style can be a bit dense. Sometimes the dialogue is filled with philosophical or nonsensical musings. Some of it is quite deep - but certainly not how people actually talk. It takes some getting used to. I'd recommend only continuing on to this book if you got through the original Dune and liked it.

If you liked the books, I highly recommend Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (Sci-Fi TV Miniseries) (Two-Disc DVD Set) - it's a pretty good film adaptation of Dune Messiah (Dune Chronicles) and Children of Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 3). ... Read more

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A MUST
If you're a beginner in programming, and find that all the introductory books out there are more confusing than enlightning, here's a gentle and supremely intelligent work that will help you get started with programming. This book explains and criticizes all the jargon and the logic behind computers. Although Herbert discusses here 1980s technology, the logic behing the machines is always the same, and most current programming (java, c++,...) always uses more or less the same principles. ... Read more

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Escaping the inevitable future
I read this having read Dune a few years before.So I knew what was up, but not names and details.I still followed this fine.It takes place about 12 years after the previous book so you don't come in in the middle of a twisty plot.It would be fine to read without having read Dune first (I liked both books, but Dune was happier so read that one first anyway.)

Dune Messiah begins with a meeting of conspirators as they plan how to take down the emperor Paul and come out politically ahead.The conspirators are:Irulan, Paul's wife who he married for politics and will never sleep with.She wants an heir.A member of the guild who controls space travel (Paul can't see what goes on in the prescence of a guild member.He wants spice (drugs -yum).The Bene-Geserit mother.She hates Paul personally as well as politically.And a shape shifter.

They agree to the shape shifter's plan of psychological poison for Paul, in the form of the reanimated corpse of his childhood mentor, Duncan Idaho, and present Idaho to Paul as a gift.Idaho is an interesting character.He has all the old Idaho's memories but knows that he has been tweaked in the reanimation process and that he meant to set Paul up.He doesn't know how and is consciously trying to protect Paul.Also Paul's sister, Alia, is fifteen and full of hormones.She is obviously attracted to Idaho.

Paul is at a point where he sees the world around him entirely through his spice enhanced psychic senses.He can't see a way to escape the future that he sees and is trying to steer things away from the worst possible fates:universe wide genocides, his whole family killed off, etc.He is concerned protecting his wife Chani (not politically recognized).He realizes that she will die after bearing a child, and so has not confronted Irulan about giving her birth control for the last 12 years.Chani has gotten pregnant and so Paul has a limited amount of time to arrange things.

Many of the characters here are driven by the struggle to influence the inevitable but still unpredictable future:Paul's wives are interested in moving before the biological clock stops ticking.Paul sees the future but not all the details further away in time.Idaho realizes he will be used against Paul and is trying to avoid it.

Dune Messiah is a book with nice plot and characters as well as the whole psychic seeing the future through drugs thing.It is a good book, but I recommend reading Dune first, only because this book is so dark.If you liked Dune then Dune Messiah will live up to your expectations.

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Esta segunda parte de la saga de Dunas es el menos interesante de los seis escritos por Herbert, aún así es capaz de mantener la atención en él hasta el final. Si bien no es una parte medular de la historia completa, si esimpotante para entender los acontecimientos que se vivirán después. Apareceun extraño profeta que está ciego en el desierto acompañado por un"lazarillo", que grita en contra de la religión establecidaentorno a Muad dib, grita en torno de las castas sacerdotales y de todosaquellos que tienen el control politico de arraquis y del universo (aquíHerbert hace uno de sus excelentes discursos de criticasocial-político-religiosa). Siendo al final el mismo"sacrificado" por sus visiones.

el mesias
Esta segunda parte de la saga de Dunas es el menos interesante de los seis escritos por Herbert, aún así es capaz de mantener la atención en él hasta el final. Si bien no es una parte medular de la historia completa, si esimpotante para entender los acontecimientos que se vivirán después. Apareceun extraño profeta que está ciego en el desierto acompañado por un"lazarillo", que grita en contra de la religión establecidaentorno a Muad dib, grita en torno de las castas sacerdotales y de todosaquellos que tienen el control politico de arraquis y del universo (aquíHerbert hace uno de sus excelentes discursos de criticasocial-político-religiosa). Siendo al final el mismo"sacrificado" por sus visiones. ... Read more

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Aimed at the specific needs of African Americans, this book is both a complete medical guide and a human exploration of the emotional aspects of cancer. African Americans have different types of cancers in greater proportions than other races do and often have diminished access to health care and treatment. Topics include the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of over 20 types of cancer, how to work with the health-care system, and the importance of both diet and faith to treatment. Personal stories illustrate the human aspects of the disease, including the joy of successful treatment and the distress when the outcome is death. ... Read more

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MANAGING CANCER TAKES A HUMAN APPROACH
MANAGING CANCER addresses the particular needs of African Americans and helps them to achieve earlier diagnosis and thus better cures. There is much that can be done to prevent cancer before it begins and this book fully covers over twenty types of cancers in language every reader can understand. MANAGING CANCER is well-written, thoroughly researched and accessible and speaks to readers through personal stories involving patients, the senior author himself, and his family. Many of these stories are poignant, revealing examples of how the human spirit can endure and even triumph when faced with crises. This is a book that will educate, inspire, and improve the life of African Americans from all walks of life. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Ever consider those intoxicating moments life chooses to introduce sex to her innocents? In this gloves-off adventure you'll meet a hooker, a mare in heat and the minister's wife all playing roles in "Whitey" Spittle's sex education.

When Granny dies, Whitey's divorced mother reluctantly surrenders, and farms out her ten-year-old handful to a succession of foster homes. Too young, he lacks the tools to compare and evaluate "normal," and views unfamiliar sleeping arrangements as "okay, for a kid."

But it's in Saint John's School that he earns his campaign ribbons. The Sisters of St. Joseph regularly relieve him of contraband wax lips, horned toads, and wooden matches. An aversion to catechism lessons and long-division combines with classroom antics, and the nuns lock arms against their student with "storms in his head."

The misguided eight-year-old flies off his garage to test-flight Grandmother's umbrella. During WWII the high school sophomore positions explosives on a local trolley track. And a fraternity "low-rider" accidentally full-throttles a borrowed Harley Davidson into the Pacific surf.

Thankfully, Mother remarries and brings her "Little Jackass" home to his own bed. Things begin to fall into place, and Mother can finally exhale.

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The Fremen & their Messiah are Coming!
The present book is one of my all time favorites regardless of genre!
I've read it more than a dozen times since the first time I did it in the late `60s. Then I proceed to read every new book of the series as soon as published, treasuring the six original in my library.
It was a sad day for me when I read Frank Herbert's obituary.
Frank Herbert (1920-1986) wrote masterpiece "Dune" (1965), generating a recognizable turning point in sci-fi literature.
The variety of themes he touched influenced many genre authors thereafter: ecology, political-religious interaction, genetic manipulation, longevity drugs and secret sisterhoods and brotherhoods.

Dune's universe is fascinating not only as the backdrop to the present story but for all the other issues that are glimpsed in each chapter heading.
This thematic richness allows Frank's son nowadays to produce prequel trilogies deploying those implied scenarios and also extend his father's uncompleted saga (quite less successfully IMHO).

The story is as follows.
The Scenery.
There is a Galactic Empire ruled by the Emperor. There are powerful Noble Houses that rule different planetary systems and confront each other in endless struggle, yet subject to strict rules. There is a Guild of interstellar Pilots. There is the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood following their eugenic plans and playing in backstage as advisors to all powers. Computers & AI are forbidden and replaced by human-computers called Mentat. Arrakis is Desert Planet inhabited by fanatical desert dwellers: the Fremen.

The Conflict.
Noble House Atreides is forced out of its Home system under Emperor's command and ordered to take care of the planet Arrakis. It is a two edged task in one hand Arrakis is the only galactic source of "Mélange" a drug that prolongs human life AND allows pilots of the Guild to conduct foldspace traveling ships. Controlling the planet is of supreme importance.
In the other hand Noble House Harkonnen, Atreides' ancestral enemy, was in command of Arrakis and Duke Leto Atreides suspects a trap was laid by them to ruin his House.

The Adventure.
As soon as the Atreides set foot on Arrakis conflicts erupt. Paul, Duke Leto's son & heir, seems to immediately adapt to this planet conditions.
After several issues that I will not disclose, Paul and his mother are left isolated in deep desert.
There he will meet the Fremen and their Destiny!

I recommend this book to sci-fi lovers and general public too. I will characterize "Dune" as unforgettable, outstanding and amazing.Do not let it pass by unnoticed!

Reviewed by Max Yofre.

Average
Maybe since I saw the movie first, I did not enjoy the novel quite as much as I hoped.The setting was interesting, and I actually enjoyed reading the appendix more than the rest of the novel.I found myself putting down the book a few times, and taking long breaks from reading it.I guess it shows that the book did not quite "hook" me like some others have.

What I liked about it was the ancient-future idea.The writing itself was a bit too descriptive, and the mindset of the people somewhat odd.There were a lot of times when I was reading the novel I kinda thought it was unrealistic.

Anyhow, its just an average sci-fi and I don't know what all the fuss is about! ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more