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charlibirb's review against another edition
2.0
Ooph. Little to no character and basically no plot. A neat idea, but one of the slowest most boring books known to SciFi (sorry bout it).
And it's Frank Herbert (one of my faves) read by Scott Brick (my ultimate fave!) Such dissapoint. So sadness. Wow.
And it's Frank Herbert (one of my faves) read by Scott Brick (my ultimate fave!) Such dissapoint. So sadness. Wow.
sambora's review against another edition
2.0
Of Herbert's works that I have read thus far, this is by far the weakest, at least in my opinion.
I could see the seeds of good ideas (ideas that he would later perfect in different, more well-known, stories) but here they were only loosely held together by a rather hollow and repetitive plot, all the whilst being simultaneously submerged up to the eyebrows in very tedious technological drivel.
Sad to say; Destination: Void was niether a fun or particularly memorable read for me.
I may continue to explore Herbert's non-Dune writings in the future, but at this point I have a feeling that it will be difficult to recommend that anyone read outside of his original six Dune books at all. Maybe that's unfair, but I have yet to be convinced otherwise.
I could see the seeds of good ideas (ideas that he would later perfect in different, more well-known, stories) but here they were only loosely held together by a rather hollow and repetitive plot, all the whilst being simultaneously submerged up to the eyebrows in very tedious technological drivel.
Sad to say; Destination: Void was niether a fun or particularly memorable read for me.
I may continue to explore Herbert's non-Dune writings in the future, but at this point I have a feeling that it will be difficult to recommend that anyone read outside of his original six Dune books at all. Maybe that's unfair, but I have yet to be convinced otherwise.
leyaruth42's review against another edition
2.0
Wow, if you like Frank Herbert, hold on to your hat because this one is extremely dense and VERY hard to follow. I made it through only through sheer determination. It is basically one long philosophical discussion, mixed in with some highly technical stuff about computers. If you like discussing and thinking about consciousness and computers and AI, this is for you. Otherwise, I don't think it's actually necessary to read. You can just go straight to the Jesus Incident.
hovancik's review against another edition
4.0
Really great read, enjoyed the conversations of the characters a lot (but won't pretend that I understood everything). As a huge fan of Dune series, I could not help myself but see some similar stuff in this book, feeling like they are in the same universe.
wispy_reviews's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Some of the best Sci-Fi novels are thinly veiled excuses for the author to talk to themselves about philosophy for X-hundred pages.
One of Herbert’s greatest works in my opinion. His wariness of technology and fear of artificial intelligence is plain to see here, almost like an explanation as to why we don’t see any robots in the Dune series.
While I do believe the aforementioned series is wholly superior to the Pandora sequence (as far as I’ve read at least), Destination: Void  hits all the notes I personally want to see in hard science fiction.
One of Herbert’s greatest works in my opinion. His wariness of technology and fear of artificial intelligence is plain to see here, almost like an explanation as to why we don’t see any robots in the Dune series.
While I do believe the aforementioned series is wholly superior to the Pandora sequence (as far as I’ve read at least), Destination: Void  hits all the notes I personally want to see in hard science fiction.
1feather4's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
yeagleyreads's review against another edition
dark
hopeful
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
emsir's review against another edition
3.0
There is a very cool story here... somewhere. It's hiding in all the overly complicated dialogue about computers and consciousness. To quote a friend I somehow convinced to read this book with me- "this book is all science and no fiction!"
quoththegirl's review against another edition
4.0
Obviously he doesn't get amazing points for the title, but the rest of it was quite good. Not mind-blowing, I'm afraid; all of the other Herbert that I've read hasn't quite lived up to the Dune series. I think his talents really lie in worldbuilding because fiddling around with the one we live in just doesn't quite cut it in terms of illustrating his genius. Void was heavy on the science part of science fiction, so much so that I was a bit lost with some of the computer language they were tossing around. The book still had the multi-layered feeling of Dune where you suspect you're only understanding what's going on in the topmost layers, there's so much subtlety winging around in the dialogue. I loved that about Dune, but in this book it was actually a little annoying sometimes. Overall, however, still a very good book.