Sandworms of Dune - Le triomphe de Dune

[Waff]

Oui ça fait du bien quelques fois de gueuler un bon coup... ;-)

[Hawat]

Qu'est ce que ça sera Paul of Dune?
La jeunesse de Muad'dib? un opus qu'ils vont nous caser entre Dune et le Messie?
Aprés Dune et sa Saga par Herbert, Aprés les prequelles de KJA, voici venu des épisodes qu'ils va caser entre les 7 livres de Herbert, juste histoire de faire une jonction inutile et de faire du fric.
Les deux escroc continueront jusqu'à la mort de la poule aux oeufs d'or.
Ils ont pas compris que quand une saga devient interminable (regardez les bouquins star wars) c'est la fin de celle-ci.

J'aime bien les "3 maisons" de Brian, mais comment peuvent-ils croirent qu'ils sont à la hauteur d'Herbert alors qu'ils ne lui ont même pas demander son avis et surtout que celui-ci ne les a pas només pour lui succéder, ah pardon j'oubliais, Brian est le fils de Frank, c'est trés légitime n'est-ce pas?
Et puisqu'on en parle, pourquoi ne se sont-ils pas intéressé à l'opinion des fans (ont est les premiers concernés quand même) Aprés les 3 maisons pourquoi ont-ils décidés de continuer encore et encore malgré les protestations (on doit pas être les seuls)

Ils tombent d'ailleurs dans la facilité, ils se servent de l'univers déjà inventer par un autre sans se fatiguer, en confondant épique et holywoodien, aventure et cliché, réflexion et psychologie de bas-étage.

Ils ont choisi de faire un nombre incalculable de présquelles au lieu de faire une suite à la maison des mêres. Là encore ils tombent dans la facilité, comme le disait Asimov, c'est plus facile de faire un "avant" qu'un "aprés"

Je sais que je ne dis rien de nouveaux, mais j'avais besoin de le dire :ace_mad:  :ace_mad:  :ace_mad:

[REVELRY]

en gros:
KJA vient de finir de relire pour la 8ème fois son manuscrit de SANDWORMS OF DUNE (donc ça sort bientot);
et il prend rdv avec son "pote" Brian pour commencer le projet PAUL OF DUNE (en nous faisant croire au passage qu'il a relu DUNE et le MESSIE DE DUNE comme un élève studieux pour ne pas se tromper sur ce qu'il va inventer).

[kwisatz]

Quelqu'un peut faire une traduction rapide de tout ça ?

[REVELRY]

05 mars 2007, 09:00
    

Reading -- the Occupational Hazard

I admit it, I'm a slow reader. I love to read, and I wish I could turn the pages faster, but I find myself reading every word, imagining every scene. Whenever I try to skim, I just don't get as much out of a book.

Because of my writing output, I find myself reading my own manuscripts over and over -- to the point where I have very little time to sink into a book that *I* want to read.

Two days ago I received the 800-page copy-edited manuscript of Seven Suns #6, METAL SWARM from the US publisher, Orbit. Back in January, I had already received the typeset pages of the same book from the British publisher, so I'd reread that novel just recently. Fortunately I kept copies of all the text changes I made in the British edition, so I've spent most of today comparing each manuscript line by line (with papers spread out all over the dining room table, while I rewatched DVDs of THE DARK CRYSTAL and THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING). Not exactly the "fun" kind of reading, but it has to be done. Due on March 15.

On the same day, Brian and I each received the 500 typeset pages for SANDWORMS OF DUNE, for our final proofreading. I had also just read this complete manuscript (for the eighth time) last January, but now I have to go over it again with a proofreader's eye. I also have another proofer read through the whole thing, and Brian is also proofing it. Because we've had glitches in the past, Brian has asked his daughter Kim to compare the typeset SANDWORMS pages with our final manuscript by checking the first and last lines of every paragraph. (Shortly before publication of HOUSE ATREIDES, we found that the typesetter had inadvertently omitted several entire paragraphs!) Those pages are also due back at the publisher on March 15.

And for the past two months Brian and I have both been rereading HOUSE ATREIDES, HOUSE HARKONNEN, HOUSE CORRINO, DUNE, and DUNE MESSIAH in preparation for the PAUL OF DUNE trilogy. We're meeting together in Seattle at the end of this month to start work on that project.

The next book on my "to read" stack is George R.R. Martin's A FEAST FOR CROWS -- and I'm very much looking forward to it, as soon as I clear the decks around here!

KJA

[Matou]

Je me propose ici de regrouper toutes informations disponibles actuellement concernant "Sandworms of Dune"; j'éditerai ce post afin de le tenir à jour.

Avant la seule source d'information était le site MySpace de Kevin; mais, sur le site officiel vient de réapparaître un blog (justement basé sur la future sortie de Sandworms).

Site MySpace de Kévin

Blog sur Sandworms

Les couvertures US et UK

US: Image plus grande

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UK: Image plus grande

Date de sortie

Les dates de sortie sont prévues actuellement:
- le 8 août 2007 pour la version US (hardcover)
- le 7 septembre 2007 pour la version UK (hardcover) - C'est toujours prévu le 6 septembre chez Amazon.fr


Texte de la jaquette US

Désolé, mais j'ai la flemme de traduire ...

Hunters of Dune and the concluding volume, Sandworms of Dune, bring together the great story lines and beloved characters in Frank Herbert's classic Dune universe, ranging from the time of the Butlerian Jihad to the original Dune series and beyond. Based directly on Frank Herbert's final outline, which lay hidden in a safe-deposit box for a decade, these two volumes will finally answer the urgent questions Dune fans have been debating for two decades.

At the end of Frank Herbert's final novel Chapterhouse: Dune, a ship carrying a crew of refugees escapes into the uncharted galaxy, fleeing from a terrifying, mysterious Enemy. The fugitives used genetic technology to revive key figures from Dune's past -- including Paul Muad'Dib and Lady Jessica -- to strengthen their chances of survival by using their special special talents to meet the incredible challenges of the journey.

Sandworms of Dune will reveal the origin of the Honored Matres, the tantalizing future of the planet Arrakis, the final revelation of the Kwisatz Haderach, and the resolution to the war between man and machine. This breathtaking new novel in Frank Herbert's Dune series has surprises and plot twists galore -- enough to please even the most demanding reader.

Texte de la jaquette UK

When Frank Herbert died in 1986, the epic he began with Dune and continued over the course of two decades to Chapterhouse: Dune remained unfinished. For nearly twenty years, millions of fans were left with a cliffhanger -- until now.

Working from Frank Herbert's last outline, his son Brian and Kevin J. Anderson have at last completed the chronological grand finale to the world's most-beloved science fiction saga. Sandworms of Dune is the conclusion to the epic, finishing the story as the original author intended.

The foe that humanity believed to be long defeated has reappeared from the edge of the universe ­ and mankind's last defenders fear that nothing can stop it now.

Slaughtering whole planets with biological plagues, the terrible Enemy accidentally reawakened by the Honored Matres approaches ever closer to Chapterhouse, where Mother Commander Murbella and her combined force of Bene Gesserit and Honored Matres desperately gather their every defense to stop its advance. Meanwhile, Sheanna's no-ship flees from both Murbella and the Enemy, carrying the last surviving sandworms from Arrakis and the reborn heroes of past ages, among them Duncan Idaho, Paul Atreides, the Lady Jessica, the God Emperor Leto II, and even the traitor Dr. Yueh.

One of them is the ultimate Kwisach Haderach ­ the messiah who will change the world in ways that no-one can predict. But far away on a horribly altered Caladan, the Enemy seeks to create a Kwisach Haderach of its own.

"Frank Herbert would surely be delighted and proud of this continuation of his vision." Dean Koontz

Nombre de page : (en anglais bien sûr) 494 pages

Quelques textes de début de chapitre

Soon after the Honored Matres careened into the Old Empire, the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood learned to hate and fear them. The intruders used their terrible Obliterator weapons to destroy Bene Gesserit and Tleilaxu planets, Richese with its vast industries and weapon shops, even Rakis itself.

But in order to survive the even greater Enemy that pursued them, the Honored Matres desperately needed knowledge that only the Sisterhood possessed. To obtain it, they struck like angry vipers, lashing out with extreme violence.

After the Battle of Junction, the two opposing groups were forcibly united into a New Sisterhood, but the factions continued to wrestle for control and dominance. Such a waste of time, talent, and blood! Both groups knew that the real threat came from outside, but we continued to fight the wrong enemy.

-- Mother Commander Murbella, Address to the New Sisterhood


Two people drift in a lifeboat on an uncharted sea. One says, "There! I see an island. Our best chance is to go ashore, build a shelter, and await rescue." The other says, "No, we must go farther out to sea and hope to find the shipping lanes. That is our best chance." Unable to agree, the two fight, the lifeboat capsizes, and they drown. This is the nature of humanity. Even if only two people are left in the entire universe, they will come to represent opposing factions.

-- The Bene Gesserit Acolyte's Manual


In recreating these particular gholas, we reweave the fabric of our history. Once more, Paul Muad'Dib walks among us, with his beloved Chani, his mother the Lady Jessica, and his son Leto II, the God Emperor of Dune. The presence of Suk doctor Wellington Yueh, whose treachery brought a great house to its knees, is at once disturbing and comforting. Also with us are the warrior Mentat Thufir Hawat, the Fremen Naib Stilgar, and the great planetologist Liet-Kynes. Consider the possibilities!

Such genius constitutes a formidable army. We will need that brilliance, because we face an opponent more terrible than we ever imagined.

-- Duncan Idaho, Memories of More Than a Mentat


I have waited and planned and built my strength for fifteen thousand years. I have evolved. It is time.

-- Omnius

7000 Signatures

Lors de la sortie de Sandworms, 7000 livres (version US) seront signées par Kevin & Brian. Pour Hunter, il y en avait eu 10000.

Disponibilité Chapitre 1,  2,  3 & 4

Kevin a décidé de mettre en ligne sous forme de MP3 les 1er chapitres de Sandworms. Disponible actuellement:

- Chapitre 1 (8Mo)
- Chapitre 2
- Chapitre 3 (10Mo)

Versions textes :

- Chapitre 1
- Chapitres 2 & 3
- Chapitre 4

Edit:

Il semblerait que le titre de la VF soit: "Le triomphe de Dune"