The Heaven Makers

While this doesn't reach the heights of Dune, nor does it really overlap at all, this novel closely follows the classic's publication, so it bears mention. Here's the skinny: it's a novel about immortality, boredom, and the draw that us short-lived mortals hold for the long-lived. Granted, I've read......more

This is a book for everyone who feels like we are not really in control of our lives. In it, Herbert posits that a group of immortal aliens, struggling against the ever-present weight of boredom, have been secretly manipulating events on earth for thousands of years in order to provide entertainment......more

A classic. Ludicrously described on the cover as "a gripping novel of the far future" while the action centres on 1960s mid-America (plus aliens), but don't let publishers put you off. The techno trappings are well enough done -- though we'd imagine micro-drones nowadays, for instance -- but the rea......more