Herbert, Frank

Dune - New York Ace Books 2010 - 884p. - Dune Chronicles 1 .

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.

Book 1. Dune
Book 2. Muad'Dib
Book 3. The prophet
Appendix I. Ecology of Dune
Appendix II. Religion of Dune
Appendix III. Report on Bene Gessereit motives and purposes
Appendix IV. Almanak en-Ashraf (selected excerpts of the Noble Houses)
Terminology of the Imperium
Cartographic notes
Map
Afterword / Brian Herbert


Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Maud'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

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Fiction--adventure--environmentalism--mysticism

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The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

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