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The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hibernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship's three organic mental cores - disembodied human brains that control the vessel's functions - go insane. The emergency skeleton crew sees only one chance for survival: build an artificial consciousness in the Earthling's primary computer that can guide them to their destination - and hope it doesn't destroy the human race.
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For Devotees Mostly
- By John Strange on 07-25-15
By: Frank Herbert
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The Green Brain
- By: Frank Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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Using deadly foamal bombs and newly developed vibration weapons, men like Joao Martinho and his coworkers fought to clear the green hell of the Mato Grosso. But somehow those areas that had been completely cleared were becoming reinfested, despite the impenetrable vibration barriers. And tales were coming out of the jungles - tales of insects mutated to incredible sizes, of creatures who seemed to be men but whose eyes gleamed with the chitinous sheen of insects....
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creepy
- By andrew sinsel on 09-01-23
By: Frank Herbert
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Man of Two Worlds
- By: Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
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What if the entire universe were the creation of alien minds? After an unfortunate spaceship accident, the hedonistic human Lutt Hansen, Jr., finds himself sharing his body and mind with a naïve alien dreamer. Together the two must survive dangers, schemes, and assassination attempts - but can they survive each other?
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Could have been so much better
- By Consumer111 on 11-13-16
By: Frank Herbert, and others
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Dreamer of Dune
- The Biography of Frank Herbert
- By: Brian Herbert
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
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Everyone knows Frank Herbert’s Dune. One of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, it has become a worldwide phenomenon, winning awards, selling millions of copies around the world. Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert’s eldest son, tells the provocative story of his father’s extraordinary life in this honest and loving chronicle. He has also brought to light all the events in Herbert’s life that would find their way into speculative fiction’s greatest epic.
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Herbert Was a Not a Nice Man
- By Gilbert M. Stack on 07-15-22
By: Brian Herbert
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Galileo’s Dream
- By: Kim Stanley Robinson
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With Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson crafts an instant masterpiece that blends epic adventure and thoughtful alternate history. Ganymede, a rebellious Jovian, attempts to bring famed scientific mind Galileo forward in time to alter the course of history with astonishing results.
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Quit listening about a third of the way in.
- By ShySusan on 05-06-12
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Dune: House Atreides: House Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
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Capturing all the complexity and grand themes of the original, this prequel to the Dune series weaves a new tapestry of betrayal, passion, and destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than 30 years ago.
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Maybe better than original Audible production.
- By Robert on 04-25-13
By: Brian Herbert, and others
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An Oblique Approach
- Belisarius Saga, Book 1
- By: Eric Flint, David Drake
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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In Northern India, the Malwa have created an empire of unexampled evil. Guided or possessed by an intelligence from beyond time, with new weapons, old treachery, and an implacable will to power, the Malwa will sweep over the whole Earth. Only three things stand between the Malwa and their plan of eternal domination: the empire of Rome in the East, Byzantium; a crystal with vision; and a man named Belisarius, the greatest commander Earth has ever known....
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- By Andrew on 08-26-19
By: Eric Flint, and others
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- Aaron
- 12-14-08
Great story, lame ending
Like other Herbert books I was a bit confused for the first hour or so. I rated this book a five because toward the last few hours of the book I found myself looking for times to listen more of the story beyond my normal work commute listen. Overall an excellent story with great imagination. The book seems to just stop with about as loose ended ending as one could come up with. Herbert was either looking to write another book or was rushed to publish the book. I really wish it would have ended differently.
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- Michael G Kurilla
- 12-03-23
Intentional divergent human evolution
Frank Herbert’s Hellstrom’s Hive is a sci-fi tale concerning a reclusive group of humans focused on a long-term plan to evolve themselves into a more insect-like species. Hellstrom is the leader of this group that uses the cover of producing insect documentaries. The government has also evolved into a more police state type organization and has uncovered some intel suggesting that Hellstrom is up to something. Several undercover agents have gone missing, but there is much uncertainty as to the intentions of Hellstrom. At the same time, Hellstrom has enlisted some senior level government officials to run interference for him.
Herbert incorporates several insect qualities into the Hellstrom group. Their utilization against the government agents proves an effective offense and defense. At the same time, Hellstrom has trouble controlling his vast numbers of minions. In line with the times (early 70’s), the government is concerned with the development of a superweapon and never seems to comprehend the real threat.
The narration is exceptional with excellent character distinction. Pacing is smooth.
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- DJM
- 05-08-08
An Old Friend
I first read Helstrom's Hive in college in the early 70s. I re-read it a number of times over the years until I lost track of my copy. I was delighted to find it in the new audio releases.
Herbert tells a fascininating and provocative story about governemnt out of control in conflict with a new societal order. Throughout the fast paced story you are constantly pulled from one end of the story spectrum to the other, not sure who you want to prevail. Both groups are admirable and repellant. Beyond that are the disturbing implications for humanity if Helstrom's society could actually work.
I was a little worried that almost 40 years would make the story jarringly out of date, but I found that it still works well. Just as I re-read the original over the years, I expect to listen to this audio file again and again.
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- The Maxim
- 06-02-23
Good, not Great.
It’s a good story. There are better dystopian stories out there. I’m not disappointed, but it’s not 1984 either.
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- crazybatcow
- 09-02-08
Well... definitely a novel from the 70s
The narration is well done, though it seems the narrator sometimes gets a bit more, err, "excited" than it would seem the scene warranted. There are a lot of jumps between "scenes" (i.e. from the farm to the agency to the history of the queen) that don't seem to have enough of a pause between them - you'll be listening to events at the farmhouse then in the next breath it'll be a snippet from the history.
The first quarter of the novel has a lot of characters to keep track of which takes a bit more concentration than some novels might. In fact, a lot of the characters aren't fleshed out anyway so I'm not sure why they're even in there...
The story itself is almost good... it's definitely worth a 3 but certainly not a 4. Part of the problem with the story is that we aren't led to care about any of the characters - they are all rather plastic. Female characters are all cardboard cutouts and exactly what you'd expect from 1970s science fiction (but, to be fair, the males are also cardboard cutouts). And, even though the narrator is good enough so we know which character is "acting" at any given point, it doesn't really matter which one it is because for the most part they all seem to be interchangeable.
There are better scifi books from the 70s here on Audible (i.e. Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang) so unless you can get this for less than the cost of a credit, or are looking specifically to read classic scifi, I wouldn't buy it.
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- neil b
- 01-16-18
Good story and narration
There was no definitive ending which is disappointing, but the story was good. I enjoyed it. Quite interesting how things operated especially with the Hive. Quality sci-fi. This book is very much of the 70's the time that it was written but still stands well. The narrator was very good.
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- Gary
- 05-29-23
it was OK. Not great, just OK.
it was a good book, just not a great book. The story is kind of dragging along there in the middle, and then the big reveal at the end is the best part. I guess if you can make it through the whole book, you'll be rewarded with the last chapter.
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- philly
- 01-30-15
Better than most SciFi but not Herbert's best
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Struggling between which side I most empathized with, then finally embracing one faction over the other. I won't disclose which side I took as I wouldn't want to jade your own experience. I also think which side one takes is up to the dispositions of the reader and was implicitly intentional.
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The problem for me is it took about half of the audiobook to get me really interested. It was only faith in Frank Herbert's other great books that kept me going that long, usually I would have given up. At that half way point, it really was interesting and I admit I didn't want it to end. It definitely had some really original ideas and was thought provoking. Yet as mentioned, the fact that half the book was so slow was the reason it didn't get 5 stars. That and every other book I've read by Herbert (almost all, only the Whipping Star left) have been excellent (save some of some of the slower later Dune series books. The performance got dull. This narrator is generally good. However he has done one too many narrations for Frank Herbert's books and doing almost all of them just gets old. The narrator has done much better and shown a much better diversity of voices in other books. I wonder if Mr. Brick also just got rather bored with the book through the first half and lost his passion that is clear in his other narrations. Still if you are a Herbert fan, or a scifi fan in general, there is no reason to miss this book and its ideas so long as you are prepared to trudge through the first half of the book relatively unimpressed. The later half makes does make it worth while.
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- Bob
- 11-03-08
I Liked it but a Terrible Ending
A lot of books leave you hanging and waiting for the sequel but this one seemed to end right in the middle of the action. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed it and can't wait for the sequel.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-26-20
A lighter read an Herbert's more famous works
Hellstrom's Hive is a fun mix of Sci-fi and Horror that's seems to draw more from the pulp sci-fi than speculative sci-fi, especially compared to works like Dune or Destination: Void. That said, it still very much has Herbert iconoclastic style all over it. Highly recommended
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