Dune (Dune Chronicles, Book 1) Paperback – August 2, 2005 by Frank Herbert

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Author: Herbert Frank

Brand: Ace

Color: Multicolor

Edition: 0040-Anniversary

Package Dimensions: 36x205x540

Number Of Pages: 704

Release Date: 02-08-2005

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem.Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.

Set on the desert planet Arrakis,
Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for….

When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will 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.
Review
Praise for Dune

“I know nothing comparable to it except
The Lord of the Rings.”—Arthur C. Clarke

“It is possible that
Dune is even more relevant now than when it was first published.”—
The New Yorker

“An astonishing science fiction phenomenon.”—
The Washington Post

“One of the monuments of modern science fiction.”—
Chicago Tribune

“Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious.”—Robert A. Heinlein

“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
About the Author
Frank Herbert is the bestselling author of the Dune saga. He was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobs—including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of several West Coast newspapers—before becoming a full-time writer.

In 1952, Herbert began publishing science fiction with “Looking for Something?” in
Startling Stories. But his emergence as a writer of major stature did not occur until 1965, with the publication of
Dune.
Dune Messiah,
Children of Dune,
God Emperor of Dune,
Heretics of Dune, and
Chapterhouse: Dune followed, completing the saga that the
Chicago Tribune would call “one of the monuments of modern science fiction.” Herbert is also the author of some twenty other books, including
The White Plague,
The Dosadi Experiment, and
Destination: Void. He died in 1986.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Chapter One
A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. This every sister of the Bene Gesserit knows. To begin your study of the life of Muad’Dib, then, take care that you first place him in his time: born in the 57th year of the Padishah Emperor, Shaddam IV. And take the most special care that you locate Muad’Dib in his place: the planet Arrakis. Do not be deceived by the fact that he was born on Caladan and lived his first fifteen years there. Arrakis, the planet known as Dune, is forever his place.
—
from “Manual of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan
In the week before their departure to Arrakis, when all the final scurrying about had reached a nearly unbearable frenzy, an old crone came to visit the mother of the boy, Paul.
It was a warm night at Castle Caladan, and the ancient pile of stone that had served the Atreides family as home for twenty-six generations bore that cooled-sweat feeling it acquired before a change in t