Chapterhouse: Dune.Chapterhouse: Dune Frank Herbert Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. He is best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Ace c/o Penguin Publishing Group 375 Hudson St., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY 10014 9780441017218, $25.95 www.penguin.com CHAPTERHOUSE: DUNE represents the final book in the Dune story and is a 'must have' for any library where the prior books are popular lends. Here the planet Dune has been destroyed and the Old Empire has been consumed by a violent matriarchal ma·tri·arch n. 1. A woman who rules a family, clan, or tribe. 2. A woman who dominates a group or an activity. 3. A highly respected woman who is a mother. cult--except for the Bene Gesserit. The planet Chapterhouse under their leadership is being transformed into another desert world--and the Sisterhood sisterhood: see monasticism. has wide-ranging plans in this fine absorbing conclusion to the saga. |
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