The Dosadi Experiment - Softcover

Frank Herbert

3.83

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0425038343 ISBN 13: 9780425038345

Publisher: Berkley, 1978

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Essef - About an experiment which has succeeded too well! In the far future, humans and aliens have joined together in a galaxy-wide federation of intelligent species: The Consentiency, but its existence is now threatened by the discovery of a secret, illegal and deadly experiment on the planet Dosadi. There the froglike Gowachin have created a brutal society: 850 million beings, human and Gowachin, are confined in an area of 40 square kilometres. But the experiment in overcrowding is getting out of control: the beings that have bred on Dosadi are so tough and resourceful that they are capable of breaking out of their monstrous prison and overrunning the galaxy.

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For Dune

"A portrayal of an alien society more complete and deeply detailed than any other author in the field has managed...a story absorbing equally for its action and philosophical vistas.... An astonishing science fiction phenomenon." --The Washington Post

"Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious." --Robert A. Heinlein

"Herbert's creation of this universe, with its intricate development and analysis of ecology, religion, politics, and philosophy, remains one of the supreme and seminal achievements in science fiction." --The Louisville Times

Book Description:

From the author of Dune, the greatest SF novel of all time, comes a stunning evocation of alien cultures.

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