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Pandora Series
Has anyone read the Pandora series? Definitely my second favorite body of work by Frank Herbert. Rivals Dune.
Destination: Void
The Jesus Incident
The Lazarus Effect
The Ascension Factor
Huge respect for Bill Ransom, who co-authored the last three books, and actually finished writing the last one by himself after FH passed away.
I always thought that if anyone could convincingly write the final Dune it would be him.
Destination: Void
The Jesus Incident
The Lazarus Effect
The Ascension Factor
Huge respect for Bill Ransom, who co-authored the last three books, and actually finished writing the last one by himself after FH passed away.
I always thought that if anyone could convincingly write the final Dune it would be him.
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I share your passion about the series. I loved Ship as a character and was a bit disappointed later in the series that Frank didn't make more use of the possibilities of the character.
Bill Ransom did a great job finishing the last book in the series and is miles ahead of the morons that are writing the "official" books.
Bill Ransom did a great job finishing the last book in the series and is miles ahead of the morons that are writing the "official" books.
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Spoiler alert.
I kept waiting for ship to come back too... but in the end I think it was for the best because that was Ship's point, that humans are better without gods.
I personally couldn't tell (by the style) that it wasn't Frank writing it, although I got the impression that Ransom actually did the bulk of the typing in this series anyways. It's pretty moving and kind of creepy at the same time to read that final book.
I kept waiting for ship to come back too... but in the end I think it was for the best because that was Ship's point, that humans are better without gods.
I personally couldn't tell (by the style) that it wasn't Frank writing it, although I got the impression that Ransom actually did the bulk of the typing in this series anyways. It's pretty moving and kind of creepy at the same time to read that final book.
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I think the series is more commonly known as the Pandora series.
I've read all but The Ascension Factor which I started reading but left to read something else. I'll have to read it sometime.
I think TJI is my favorite, followed by D:V(though that's one tough read) and TLE. Can't rank TAF yet but from the start and some peeking I did it's probably the same place as TLE.
I've read all but The Ascension Factor which I started reading but left to read something else. I'll have to read it sometime.
I think TJI is my favorite, followed by D:V(though that's one tough read) and TLE. Can't rank TAF yet but from the start and some peeking I did it's probably the same place as TLE.
In memory of Perach, who suffered and died needlessly.
I wish I could have been with you that one last time.
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I have heard of it more commonly called the Pandora series. Sometimes I forget these things and just start making up terms. I agree TJI is my favorite, then TAF, TLE, and lastly Destination: Void, not because it's not great, it's just a painful read.
FH is odd that way, his work shifts from serious to light-hearted, from soft-scifi (not soft in the political/social sciences though) to absurdly hard hard-scifi.
The best view I've gotten of FH's amazing 'voice' control is in the short story Passage for Piano, or some of his detective stuff. You wouldn't know it was him writing if it didn't have his name on it. Masterful writer.
FH is odd that way, his work shifts from serious to light-hearted, from soft-scifi (not soft in the political/social sciences though) to absurdly hard hard-scifi.
The best view I've gotten of FH's amazing 'voice' control is in the short story Passage for Piano, or some of his detective stuff. You wouldn't know it was him writing if it didn't have his name on it. Masterful writer.
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I think TJI is the best because it has both worlds- both hard sci-fi and social sci-fi. It's also got Ship there, which is always a plus.
After reading D:V I kinda went crazy. You know how you learn some new word or expression and repeat it too much?
This was also perfect for me- You must decide how you will worShip me!
BTW, you could edit your first post's title to change it. I think calling the thread The Pandora Series would be easier for people to identify before clicking on it.
After reading D:V I kinda went crazy. You know how you learn some new word or expression and repeat it too much?
This was also perfect for me- You must decide how you will worShip me!
BTW, you could edit your first post's title to change it. I think calling the thread The Pandora Series would be easier for people to identify before clicking on it.
In memory of Perach, who suffered and died needlessly.
I wish I could have been with you that one last time.
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I just finished reading Destination: Void (picked up the whole series at one used book store ) and after reading how Frank Herbert treats the subject of artificial inteligence, makes Pinky & the Brain look like a couple of morons, seriously!Freakzilla wrote:I can't help but wonder if BH&KJA read at least D:V. I don't see how they could and create a character like Ominous.
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Wait until you read The Jesus Incident. Then they really, really look bad.Mr. Teg wrote:I just finished reading Destination: Void (picked up the whole series at one used book store ) and after reading how Frank Herbert treats the subject of artificial inteligence, makes Pinky & the Brain look like a couple of morons, seriously!Freakzilla wrote:I can't help but wonder if BH&KJA read at least D:V. I don't see how they could and create a character like Ominous.
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I agree. Unfortunately, I don't think Brian wanted to work with Ransom and gave McNeilly the cold shoulder (McNeilly had even wrote a sample chapter for the Butlerian Jihad, but never received a single reply. One day shortly afterwords...Brian gave a positive review for Ai! Perdito by Kevin J (Schwartz) Anderson, who shared the same affliction..er..affiliation, and the rest is history.)A Thing of Eternity wrote:I think not only would have Ransom done a better job of Dune 7, he could have handled the Jihad more meaningfully as well, especially since he worked with FH on Ship and knew what FH would envision a machine mind to be like. Not in a million years would he have invented Omnius.
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I guess it can't be entirely ruled out, just as we can't entirely rule out that we could be living in the matrix right now, or that there could be a big sky daddy.Hunchback Jack wrote:What's the consensus about whether Destination: Void is in the Dune universe? Axolotl tanks are mentioned in D:V, which made me wonder.
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But I would say no, it's not in the Dune universe. Axolotl tanks is just spill-over. There are chair/bed dogs in the ConSentiency books, and that is definitely not in the Dune universe.
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Ouch. Well, that put me in my place.A Thing of Eternity wrote: I guess it can't be entirely ruled out, just as we can't entirely rule out that we could be living in the matrix right now, or that there could be a big sky daddy.
Fair enough.But I would say no, it's not in the Dune universe. Axolotl tanks is just spill-over. There are chair/bed dogs in the ConSentiency books, and that is definitely not in the Dune universe.
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