"One of the monuments of modern science fiction." - Chicago Tribune

Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination.  Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib.  He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family - and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.

"I know nothing comparable to it except Lord of the Rings."
- Arthur C. Clarke

"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." - Washington Post Book World

"One of the monuments of modern science fiction." - Chicago Tribune

"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." - Washington Post Book World

DUNE

Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination.  Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib.  He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family - and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.  Frank Herbert's death in 1986 was a tragic loss, yet the astounding legacy of his visionary fiction will live forever.


"Unique... I know nothing comparable to it except Lord of the Rings."
- Arthur C. Clarke

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

"One of the landmarks of modern science fiction...  An amazing feat of creation."
- P. Schuyler Miller

"An astonishing science fiction phenomenon."
- Washington Post

"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."
- Louisville Times

"AN ASTONISHING SCIENCE FICTION PHENOMENON"  WASHINGTON POST

With more than twelve million copies sold worldwide, Frank Herbert's triumphant DUNE books stand among the major achievements of the human imagination.

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, a world more awesome than any other in literature, DUNE begins the story of the man known as Muad'Dib and of a great family's ambition to bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream...

"UNIQUE...  I KNOW OF NOTHING COMPARABLE TO IT EXCEPT THE LORD OF THE RINGS."  - Arthur C. Clarke

"ONE OF THE MONUMENTS OF MODERN SCIENCE FICTION"  - CHICAGO TRIBUNE


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