Ranking FH's Other Books


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Hi all, just stumbled upon this forum today.

Anyway, I've had enough of those Dune spin-offs (that's a whole 'nother thread), and I'm trying to scratch that itch with F.H.'s non-Dune material. I've read the Dosadi Experiment and Santaroga Barrier and enjoyed both. Reading Destination : Void now and I'll be honest, I'm finding it a little too - clinical and technical. There's a great used book store near me that has them all, but now that I'm slogging through D:V I find myself wondering if I'm not missing out by grabbing something else instead.

I'm wondering from you folks what you'd consider his Top 5 non-Dune books. I'm not looking for a hard ranking per se, just a sense of what you think I should seek out next that I haven't already.

Any help is appreciated. My apologies if you covered this in another thread, I couldn't see anything similar.
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Cro-Mags wrote:Reading Destination : Void now and I'll be honest, I'm finding it a little too - clinical and technical.
There is a lot of technobable but the ending makes it all worthwhile.
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I don't necessarily mind technobabble, but it is very heavy in this book, and a lot of it is dated (references to analog technology and relays and whatnot - I'm willing to accept it's a product of it's era, but it can detract at points). I'm sticking with it, but I keep wondering if I'm not missing out on something better from him.

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Don't worry, there's going to be a new edition in a few years with all the technobabble updated and the gaps filled in.

It will be called Destination: UltraVoid. ;)
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Welcome.

The top 5 non Dune books:

First 3 would be the "sequels" to D:V (really far removed from D:V's style, and have Bill Ransom as a coauthor, in fact the last book was written mostly by Bill after FH died).

Then the 2 ConSentiency books, Whipping Star and Dosadi Experiment.
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Cro-Mags wrote:I'm wondering from you folks what you'd consider his Top 5 non-Dune books.
Welcome!

I'll bite:
The White Plague
The Santaroga Barrier
Destination: Void
The Jesus Incident
The Dragon in the Sea


Not ranked or anything...
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Cro-Mags wrote:I don't necessarily mind technobabble, but it is very heavy in this book, and a lot of it is dated (references to analog technology and relays and whatnot - I'm willing to accept it's a product of it's era, but it can detract at points). I'm sticking with it, but I keep wondering if I'm not missing out on something better from him.

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Whipping Star is my personal favourite
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My favourite non-Dune Frank Herbert novels are (no specific order):

The Jesus incident
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Here's my list:

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Omphalos wrote:Here's my list:

http://www.omphalosbookreviews.com/inde ... /avgr/desc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Is it me or are most of the cover images stretched vertically? The first one and the last few look OK.
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Whoa. :shock:

That's what they would look like if you were viewing them in close orbit around a black hole. :P
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You guys using MSIE? Catch a clue and ditch that bitch. Firefox is the way of the future.
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Google Chrome does the same thing for me. So that one should be ditched too. :P
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It looks good in IE. :D
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Freakzilla wrote:It looks good in IE. :D
MSIE screws up all other things, especially fonts and CSS pages.
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They're super-stretched in Safari, too. :P
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Thanks for the feedback.

I have to admit, the lazy part of me was wishing for consensus ("yes, this is our officially sanctioned Top 5"), but I appreciate the fact that none of you listed the same 5 even more, since it tells me you guys are more critical and not just a hive-mind.

BTW everything looks fine in Netscape Navigator. :oops:
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Cro-Mags wrote:...it tells me you guys are more critical and not just a hive-mind.
We're all Sandchigger's sock puppets, he's just very creative and thorough. :wink:
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Yes, I'm MUCH MORE than just a pretty face...

INCOMING!!! :angry-screaming:

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I can not see what I do not want to see. I can not see what I do not want to see. I can not see what I do not want to see. I can not see what I do not want to see. I can not see what I do not want to see. I can not see what I do not want to see.

I did however see you're cover thumbnails, teeny small but correctly formed, Opera 10.53.
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I need medicine ... NOW!

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.. That's better.
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Thanks Serkanner - good save :shock:

Oh and, no love for Hellstrom?
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