The Dosadi Experiment
- Published
- 1 January 1977
- Pages
- 343
- ISBN-13
- 9781250163691
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Dosadi Experiment followed seven years later, in 1977, at nearly double the length at 343 pages, uncovering a generations-long experiment trapping two sentient species on a single overcrowded planet -- widely considered one of Herbert's best novels outside Dune.
Key facts about The Dosadi Experiment
The Dosadi Experiment is a novel by Frank Herbert. Readers have had it since 1977. It runs to 343 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The Dosadi Experiment. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781250163691 to find the main one.
The Dosadi Experiment is book 2 of 2 in the ConSentiency Universe series. The series has 2 published books. However, the series starts with Whipping Star (1970).
Additionally, Frank Herbert writes Dune and Destination: Void as separate series. Those series sit on our science fiction shelf. Meanwhile, The Ascension Factor is the latest published Frank Herbert book on file, from 1988.
About Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert was an American science fiction author best known for Dune, the 1965 novel widely regarded as one of the most influential works in the genre's history and the bestselling science fiction novel of all time. See every Frank Herbert book in order.
Its place in ConSentiency Universe
The Dosadi Experiment is book 2 in the ConSentiency Universe series. It follows Whipping Star. See the full ConSentiency Universe reading order.
Set in a galaxy-spanning bureaucratic federation of sentient species called the ConSentiency, these two novels are linked by their investigator protagonist, Jorj X. McKie, an agent of the Bureau of Sabotage -- an agency whose entire mandate is to deliberately slow down galactic government just enough to keep it from becoming dangerously efficient and tyrannical. Whipping Star (1970) sends McKie to prevent the accidental murder of a sentient star, a being whose death would also kill everyone connected to it across…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781250163691