Leto II has been emperor for over 3500 years due to his metamorphosis into a sandworm/human hybrid. He controls the spice melange, and thus directly controls the Spacing Guild, the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood, and the known galaxy. His stated goal is to help humanity along his "Golden Path".
This is the next book after "Children of Dune", continuing the Atreides saga. Again, I liked this book, even though the 'Golden Path' is difficult for me to understand as to what it means.
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
The Client by John Grisham
A lawyer with mob ties kills himself, and a young boy named Mark and his brother witness it. The twist is that this lawyer knows where the body of a Senator is buried, who was killed by the mob. Being drunk before he kills himself, he tells Mark where the body is buried, and then Mark escapes.
The FBI would really like to know where the body is buried so they can nail the mobster who killed the Senator, but the kid says he doesn't know where the body is. He hires a lawyer so that he won't have to tell where the body is. But this makes it look like he does know, so the mob and the FBI become even more interested...
I didn't like this book too much. It's an interesting premise, but it just wasn't that interesting to me.
The FBI would really like to know where the body is buried so they can nail the mobster who killed the Senator, but the kid says he doesn't know where the body is. He hires a lawyer so that he won't have to tell where the body is. But this makes it look like he does know, so the mob and the FBI become even more interested...
I didn't like this book too much. It's an interesting premise, but it just wasn't that interesting to me.
Thursday, December 07, 2006
The Chamber by John Grisham
Sam Cayhall was a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and part of a bombing campaign in southern Mississippi against minorities. He was found guilty of bombing a lawyer's office and killing 2 children in the process. He is sentenced to death and spends 9.5 years on death row. His 2 children have parctically disowned him due to his hate and his anger towards others. 4 weeks before his execution, he fires his lawyers and decides to go it on his own. Unknown to him, his grandson Adam has been hired by the firm that had been representing Sam. Adam is determined to visit Sam, represent him during his fight to halt the execution, and also try and find out about his familial past.
I liked this book because it shows one person's choices, and how it affected his children and grandchildren, and the grandson's quest to find out more about his family. It also shows me that people can do horrible things, but they can feel remorse about what they have done. Also, despite poor choices by another person, others will want to know that person, and that there is hope for the offender.
I liked this book because it shows one person's choices, and how it affected his children and grandchildren, and the grandson's quest to find out more about his family. It also shows me that people can do horrible things, but they can feel remorse about what they have done. Also, despite poor choices by another person, others will want to know that person, and that there is hope for the offender.
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