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The Godmakers

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Scott Brick
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On the edge of a war-weary and devastated galaxy, charismatic Lewis Orne has landed on Hamal. His assignment: To detect any signs of latent aggression in this planet's population. To his astonishment, he finds that his own latent extrasensory powers have suddenly blossomed, and he is invited to join the company of "gods" on this planet - and the people here place certain expectations on their gods.

The Godmakers is an expansion of four short stories written from 1958 - 1960. It is an exploration of the concepts of war and peace, government and religion.

©2013 Frank Herbert (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Adventure Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera War Solar System

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Things start pretty good, interesting world, interesting concepts, then the weird fear of Arabic women running the world from behind the scenes comes in, then it rapidly becomes a Mary-Sue power fantasy.
It was so jarring that I quit then.

Reads like an incel manifesto

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NICE.................15 WORDSS LONG, PROVOKED SOME INTERESTING THOUGGHTS!
5 STARS WORTHY AS MY INTEREST WAS PEAKED @THE ONCEPT OF THE GOD IN EVERYTHING& NOTHING....
NOTHING IIS STILL SUMTHING , RITE......?

Thoughtful!

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what is God... what is man,if your mind ponders such processes you will enjoy this beautifully written and well researched story

highly informative story

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Superb book, written by one of the best SYFY authors of all time. it is the only book I read every year.

One of the best books ever.

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Beautifully written and read, but just didn't go anywhere Four short stories patched together to make a single book in which young Louis Orne undergoes various trials to become more than he was. Written before the magnificent Dune, there are obvious similarities including philosophical thoughts and each chapter introduced by a cultural or religious quotation. Unlike Dune, however, there's not much of an accompanying story leaving the whole somewhat tedious and unsatisfactory. Even Scott Brick's otherwise excellent performance disappointed be failing to pause briefly at the beginning (or end) of each chapter and reading sufficiently slowly to need a slight speeding of the download.

Fine for anyone who enjoys internal philosophical musings, self questioning and a strange, old fashioned musing on fear, self abasement and religious domination. But with little characterisation
or story to carry it forward, it can be hard to engage without tedium for very long.
"A boredom greater than extinction."

"Capable, dependable, disposable."

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