Dune Messiah
- 279
- Pages
- about 5 h
- Reading time
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Editor’s note Published in 1969 after a serial run in Galaxy magazine, it is set twelve years after Dune and is much shorter. Many readers were disappointed that Paul is no longer a straightforward hero; Herbert said he meant the book as a warning about charismatic leaders. Children of Dune (1976) continues directly. Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three, based on this book, is scheduled for December 2026.
About the book
Dune Messiah is a 1969 science fiction novel by American writer Frank Herbert, the second in his Dune series of six novels. A sequel to Dune (1965), it was originally serialized in Galaxy magazine in 1969, and then published by Putnam the same year.
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Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 2,367 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 94% of the weight and the score stays at 7.7 — the Classics average of 7.7 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.9 | 142 | 6% |
| Google Books | 8.0 | 5 | 0% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 2.2K | 94% |
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It has 279 pages — shorter than 82% of the ranked books in Classics.
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