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“3.5 stars, https://reviews.metaphorosis.com/review/high-opp-frank-herbert/
<strong>Summary </strong>
In a society ruled by surveys of public opinion, Daniel Movius is High Opp - entitled to special privileges. Until one day he's suddenly low-opped, forced to return to the slum-like Warrens he fought so hard to escape.
<strong>Review </strong>
An unpublished Frank Herbert novel! It’s a concept that filled me with both hope and concern. I’m a big fan of Herbert – a new book would be a treat. On the other hand, he was recognized and lauded well within his lifetime; if had had a book that went unpublished, is it because it was a stinker? Happily, neither is quite true, but it’s closer to the former.
<em>High Opp</em> (for high level of public opinion) reads more as a mix of Asimov and Heinlein than Herbert. There’s pyschosocial prediction and overbearing, manipulative tyranny rejected by a highly talented, intuitive genius. Overall, it works reasonably well for – let’s say – an adventure story of the 1970s (the women are fairly shallow appendages to the men), though there’s also some odd sequencing that make this feel distinctly draft-like.
This is the first of the recently released unpublished Herbert books I’ve read, and I came away not thrilled, but certainly not disappointed. It won’t go down as classic Herbert, but it’s a decent story that reads quickly.”
About Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert, the visionary author of Dune, wrote more than twenty other novels, including Hellstrom's Hive, The White Plague, The Green Brain, and The Dosadi Experiment. During his life, he received great acclaim for his sweeping vision and the deep philosophical underpinnings in his writings. His life is detailed in the Hugo-nominated biography Dreamer of Dune, by Brian Herbert. Other Frank Herbert novels available from WordFire Press include Destination: Void, The Heaven Makers, Direct Descent, The Jesus Incident (with Bill Ransom), and his last-published novel, Man of Two Worlds, coauthored with his son Brian Herbert.
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