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Dune: House Atreides

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1999
2000
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 Dune: Houses*
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Dune: Houses*   See series as if on a bookshelf
A prequel trilogy set just prior to the events in Dune.

1) Dune: House Atreides
2) Dune: House Harkonnen
3) Dune: House Corrino
Copyright © 1999 by Herbert Limited Partnership
This book is for our mentor, Frank Herbert,
who was every bit as fascinating and complex as
the marvelous Dune universe he created.
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Added: 21-Dec-2002
Last Updated: 09-Apr-2020

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 05-Oct-1999
Bantam Books
Hardback
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Date Issued:
05-Oct-1999
Format:
Hardback
Pages*:
324
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Internal ID:
282
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ISBN:
0-553-11061-6
ISBN-13:
978-0-553-11061-6
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Complex, brilliant, and prophetic, Frank Herbert's award-winning Dune chronicles captured the imaginations of millions of readers worldwide - and transformed their perception of what the future could be.  By his death in 1986, Frank Herbert had completed six novels in the Dune series.  But much of his vision - vast, sprawling, and multilayered - remained unwritten.  Now, working from recently discovered files left by his father, Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson collaborate on a new novel, the prelude to Dune - where we step onto planet Arrakis... decades before Dune's hero, Paul Muad'Dib Atreides, walks its sands.

DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES

An aging tyrant sits on the Golden Lion Throne and rules all of the known universe, while his son grows dangerously impatient for the crown.  A quasi-religious order of black-robed women move their secret breeding program one momentous step closer to creating a god-child they call the Kwisatz Haderach.  And a minor family among the nobility, House Atreides, chooses a course of honor that will bring it to destruction at the hands of its mortal enemy, House Harkonnen - or take it to new heights of power.

Here is the rich and complex world that Frank Herbert created, in the time leading up to the momentous events of Dune.  As Emperor Elrood's son plots a subtle regicide, young Leto Atreides leaves for a years education on the mechanized world of Ix; a planetologist named Pardot Kynes seeks the secrets of Arrakis; and the eight year old slave Duncan Idaho is hunted by his cruel masters in a terrifying game from which he vows escape and vengeance.  But none can envision the fate in store for them: one that will make them renegades - and shapers of history.

Covering the decade when Shaddam wins his throne, the teenager Leto Atreides becomes unexpectedly the ruler of House Atreides, and Pardot Kynes uncovers one of the planet Dune's greatest secrets, House Atreides captures the grandeur and drama of Frank Herbert's epic.  And while this new novel solves some of Dune's most baffling mysteries, it presents new puzzles springing from the sands where one day Paul Muad'Dib Atreides will walk.  But now, in these years before Paul's birth, an unforgettable new epic begins…

BRIAN HERBERT, the son of Frank Herbert, is the author of numerous acclaimed science fiction novels, including Sydney's Comet; Sudanna, Sudanna;Prisoners of Arion; The Race for God; and Man of Two Worlds (written with Frank Herbert).  He has also written Dreamer of Dune, a comprehensive biography of his illustrious father.

KEVIN J. ANDERSON has written twenty-five national bestsellers and has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Reader's Choice Award.  He also holds the Guinness world record for "Largest Single-Author Book Signing."

Jacket illustration © Stephen Youll
Jacket design by Jamie S. Warren Youll

Frank Herbert's Dune chronicles became an enduring classic and the bestselling science fiction series of all time.  Now, capturing all the complexity and grand themes of the original work, this prequel to Dune weaves a new tapestry of great passion and momentous destiny, in a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than thirty years ago.  Beginning nearly four decades before Dune, House Atreides introduces the pivotal characters, alliances, base treacheries, and bright hopes that form the foundation of Dune.

Fans of the Dune chronicles will relish the opportunity to return to the rich and exotic universe created by Frank Herbert, while new readers will be introduced to an incomparable imagination = and a future where the fate of the entire cosmos is at stake....

DUNE
HOUSE ATREIDES
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 01-Aug-2000
Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
01-Aug-2000
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$6.99
Pages*:
682
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Once
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Internal ID:
44
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-553-58027-2
ISBN-13:
978-0-553-58027-3
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Stephen Youll  - Cover Artist
"[FANS] REJOICE IN THIS CHANCE TO RETURN TO ONE OF SCIENCE FICTION'S MOST APPEALING FUTURES."
- The New York Times Book Review

Frank Herbert's award-winning Dune chronicles captured the imagination of millions of readers worldwide.  By his death in 1986, Herbert had completed six novels in the series, but much of his vision remained unwritten.  Now, working from his father's recently discovered files, Brian Herbert and bestselling novelist Kevin J. Anderson collaborate on a new novel, the prelude to Dune - where we step onto the planet Arrakis... decades before Dune's hero, Paul Muad'Did Atreides, walks its sands.

Here is the rich and complex world that Frank Herbert created, in the time leading up to the momentous events of Dune.  As Emperor Elrood's son plots a subtle regicide, young Leto Atreides leaves for a years education on the mechanized world of Ix; a planetologist named Pardot Kynes seeks the secrets of Arrakis; and the eight year old slave Duncan Idaho is hunted by his cruel masters in a terrifying game from which he vows escape and vengeance.  But none can envision the fate in store for them: one that will make them renegades - and shapers of history.
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Kevin J Anderson  
Birth: 27 Mar 1962 Racine, Wisconsin, USA
Notes:
Kevin J. Anderson's novels have been on national bestseller lists twenty-seven times.  His Star Wars - Jedi Academy trilogy were the three top-selling science fiction novels of 1994. 

Anderson signed the largest science fiction contract in publishing history, to write a prequel trilogy to Frank Herbert's classic SF novel Dune.  Co-written with Frank Herbert's son Brian.  Anderson has also written numerous bestselling comics, including Star Wars and Predator titles for Dark Horse and X-Files for Topps.

He is married to Rebecca Moesta.

Brian Herbert  
Birth: 29 Jun 1947 Seattle, Washington, USA
Notes:
Brian Herbert is the oldest son of noted science fiction author Frank Herbert who wrote the Dune series of books.  Brian has a younger brother Bruce and an older sister Penny.  Brian was an honor student and he graduated early from high school when he was 16.  He married young as well to his wife Jan.  He went to the University of California at Berkeley and received a BA in Sociology.  He has been married for over 30 years and they have three daughters, Julie, Kimberly and Margaux.

Brian did not begin writing until he was nearly 30 years old.  His first two books were Incredible Insurance Claims and Classic Comebacks.  He kept a journal which he used to write a biography of his father Frank Herbert entitled Dreamer of Dune.  Brian Herbert used the entire Dune series to write the Dune Concordence.  He used this as a reference book when writing the Prelude to Dune series with Kevin J Anderson.

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