This Hugo and Nebula Award winner is widely to be considered the most prescient SF novel ever. It tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen ...
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This Hugo and Nebula Award winner is widely to be considered the most prescient SF novel ever. It tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privileges, however, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.
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Collectable-Good Condition in Good jacket. 9780575073340. Science Fiction. Good+/Good+ 1st print Gollancz SF Masterworks hardback, unclipped DJ, the first entry in this highly regarded series. Some page tanning, small tear to outer margin of page 109, creasing along lower edge of jacket with minor nick to lower front of jacket spine, top of spine pushed, tight and unmarked. More Frank Herbert available. Size: 147\nx 224\nx 36mm. 448 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction; ISBN: 0575073349. ISBN/EAN: 9780575073340. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 088522.
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Fine Condition. B093CYB6H7. Fine 2015 2nd print Folio Society hardback, slipcased, with striking illustrations by Sam Weber and maps to end-papers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; ISBN/EAN: B093CYB6H7. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 092147.
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None. Fine in Near Fine jacket. An impressive first British edition of Frank Herbert eagerly awaited sequel to 'Dune', a brilliant and important piece of science fiction. The first British edition, first impression, following the 1969 U.S. first edition. In the original bright unclipped dust wrapper. Frank Herbert's second 'Dune' novel, set twelve years after his first novel. Â 'Dune Messiah' sees Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides become the most powerful emperor ever known, and in the face of disaster sets forth to try and put humanity on a course that will not lead to their destruction. Â 'Dune' is one of the greatest and most influential science-fiction novels of all time, Herbert's work is set in the distant future in a feudal interstellar society in which noble houses control planetary fiefdoms. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, fine. Very light edge wear and a couple of small marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine.
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John Schoenherr. Very good in Very good jacket. VGC. Chilton Book Company, 1965. Book Club Edition. Apparently a first book club edition with 1681 printed inside the bottom back flap and Book Club Edition printed at the bottom of the front flap. Red hardback (gilt lettering to the spine, small nicks, dents, scratches and crease on the edges of the cover and spine) with protected Dj cover (small tear, a couple of small chips and creases on the outer and inner edges of the Dj cover), both in VGC. Illustrated with a b/w map. Jacket artwork by John Schoenherr. Nice and clean pages with a stain mark, some foxing marks and slightly tainted on the outer edges, small stain marks and slight damp on the edges of the first twenty pages of the book, stain mark inside the edges of the front cover, previous owner's stamps on the edges of the front endpaper and title. The book is in VGC for its age except for the stain marks, some shelf wear on the Dj cover. 532pp including Terminology of the Imperium, appendices I to IV. A collectable book. This is another paragraph Book Description: 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 it undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
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Collectable-Very Good Condition in Very Good jacket. VG+/VG-1st print 1st UK edition 1966 Gollancz hardback, unclipped dust-jacket with the very striking original UK cover artwork and correct price of 30/-net. Jacket in protective sleeve-small tear to upper rear edge of jacket with some chips and a closed tear along front edge of DJ, some wear around top of DJ spine, otherwise VG bright and unmarked with some page tanning as expected for the book's age. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 089500.
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Fine. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 896 p. Dune, 1. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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I didn't read much at all before this book, but once I read it, I couldn't stop picking up other books. Dune ignited a hunger for books inside me that I haven't felt since I was a young boy. I believe Dune comes in at around 800 pages, and I finished it in a week. I was exhilarated the entire time by Frank Herbert's world-building and incredibly interesting characters, all of whom form a unique mosaic that describes the dangers of idolatry, among other things. Dune is absolutely worth reading.
Sergey
Feb 4, 2021
They advised me to read, as one of the brightest and most fundamental representatives of the genre, and the release of the film this year only added intrigue. As a result, I can say: a detailed world, religion, glossary. Strong and memorable heroes. An incredible mixture of everything that could only be mixed. The story is multilayered and not easy to understand. But as elsewhere there are disadvantages and the main disadvantage is a rather dry language and manner of narration, to which you get used only by the middle of the book.
Tom C
Nov 8, 2014
Great book!
The book is in very good shape and was delivered in a timely way. The story is great -- I'm rereading it now, but needed to buy my own copy.
db25
Apr 7, 2009
unequivocally...
the best science fiction book of the last century. herbert draws you into his world full of spice, prescience, witchcraft, revolution, and everything else you can imagine. it's elegant and lively, stimulating and suspenseful. i've read it probably a dozen times and don't plan on stopping anytime soon.
Ellyb
Sep 29, 2008
A great idea but clunky writing
Let me tread carefully here. I fully understand why so many reviewers are so taken with this novel, and I cannot blame them. The idea behind the story is a good one, maybe even a great one, and I can only imagine that if Herbert were working in Hollywood today, he would be the creator behind some pretty amazing shows (and I'm not talking about that travesty of a film version). But what bothered me about "Dune" is that the writing did not hold up to the level of the idea. Throughout, Herbert utilized a bizarre device in which a character's thought would appear in italics, usually set up with the phrase "s/he thought," which to me just screams of the amateur. Isn't the big advantage of the written word the fact that the reader can know the character's thoughts without it having to be presented in voice-over narration? Then, the main character, Paul, was pretty much a cipher up until the last chapter or two, and even then he was...not much. At times Herbert revealed the ability to turn a phrase beautifully, which only made it more frustrating that the writing elsewhere was so....not what it should be. I really wanted to know how the book would resolve itself, and so I carried through to the end. I guess I could say that the infrastructure of the book is quite good. The world-building, the political intrigue, the religious complications, were all interesting and deftly woven. It's just that the actual writing of the thing was too much of a distraction for me to really enjoy myself.
