The Heaven Makers

by Frank Herbert

Book Overview

Immortal aliens have observed Earth for centuries, making full sensory movies of wars, natural disasters, and horrific human activities . . . all to relieve their boredom. When they finally became... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345253043
• ISBN13: 9780345253040
• Release Date: February 1977
• Publisher: Del Rey Books
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic!

This short book was absolutely enchanting to me. I read it twice non-stop. I have read SF most of my life, and ones that I call extra good are a treat. I liked Dune so well that I had to try other Herbert books. I'm not going to spoil it for anyone by giving any details, but it's a great story.

another fascinating novel from the science fiction master!

The feel to "Heaven makers" is similar to that of "Godmakers" and "Whipping Star". Herbert again manages to bring to life a complete future world. In true Herbert fashion, he continues to surprise and fascinate as you try to get your mind around his wonderful, amazing ideas. The Chem are an immortal species, whose greatest fear is boredom. The story focuses on one of their ways to amuse themselves by "experiencing stories", a sf- version of watching movies. Only these stories are the real lives of people, who are being manipulated by the Chem to provide a good "movie". One of the countless people manipulated in this fashion are humans on Earth... As the story unfolds around these main ingredients, Herbert manages to put forward some fascinating, mindboggling views on life, deah and immortality, as well as creating a great deal of suspense. If you like Herbert, you will like this book the same way you liked his others, although still nothing tops "Dune". If you don't know Hebert, here's an excellent way of making your acquaintance.