#150 in Classics
Children of Dune
- 504
- Pages
- about 9 h
- Reading time
- Series 2003
- On screen
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Our view
The third Dune novel is carried by its dialogue: almost every conversation is a duel, tense and hard to predict. Herbert leans heavily on prescience, and some readers find parts of the plot opaque until the final chapters make sense of them; the book also grows stranger than its predecessors as it goes. It rewards readers who finished the first two volumes and want the beliefs behind the saga examined more closely.
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About the book
Children of Dune is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the third in his Dune series of six novels. Originally serialized in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1976, it was the last Dune novel to be serialized before book publication.
Reading order · Dune
Full order & progress →- DuneStart here
8.88.8 / 10 - Dune Messiah
7.77.7 / 10 - Children of DuneThis book
7.87.8 / 10 - God Emperor of Dune
7.77.7 / 10 - Heretics of Dune
7.57.5 / 10 - Chapterhouse: Dune
7.57.5 / 10
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- SeriesFrank Herbert's Children of DuneIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.8 across 1,330 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 90% of the weight and the score stays at 7.8 — the Classics average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 51 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 7.8 | 1.3K | 96% |
Frequently asked
How long is Children of Dune?
It has 504 pages — longer than 65% of the ranked books in Classics.
In this book
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