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First UK edition of Frank Herbert's Nebula and Hugo award winning science fiction novel, set on the desert planet of Arrakis in a far future beset with interstellar conflict.
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Originally serialised in Analog during the early 1960s, Dune has sold over 10 million copies, becoming the most successful science fiction novel ever and giving rising to five sequels and a prequel, Prelude to Dune: House Atreides. With Lord of the Rings, 1984 and Catch 22, it is, regardless of whether one normally reads science fiction, a defining novel of the 20th century. Author Frank Herbert always preferred the original magazine illustrations by Hugo Award-winning artist John Schoenherr to those of other artists, and this illustrated edition features 12 colour plates by Schoenherr together with an evocative dust-jacket painting.
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Dune is epic space opera, a saga of dynastic rivalry rooted in history and ecology, the story of the planet Arrakis 10 000 years from now, and of the conflicts over possession of Melange, a psycho-mutagenic "spice" vital to maintaining the galactic Imperium. It is the story of Paul Atreides, the man who would become Dune Messiah, and of the giant sand worms which haunt the desert landscapes. More elaborate and complex than preceding SF, Frank Herbert laid the foundations that made Star Wars and Babylon 5 possible. Dan Simmon's Hyperion and David Zindell's Neverness launched even richer, more dazzling and thrilling galactic epics, but Dune retains its premiere place in the collective imagination. Decades after initial publication it is still the benchmark for popular SF, a book everyone should read, if only to know what everyone else is talking about. --Gary S Dalkin
"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."--The Washington Post Book World "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
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- PublisherGollancz
- Publication date1984
- ISBN 10 0575035404
- ISBN 13 9780575035409
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages445
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Dune. Volume one of the Dune saga
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Victor Gollancz Ltd, London
(1990)
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket by Universal Pictures (illustrator). Reprint. First published in the UK in 1966, this is a third impression of the film tie in edition (published 1984), published in 1990. Ex library with usual stamps and defects. Some edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners bruised, contents somewhat shaken, some yellowing to page block, spine and back jacket still bright orange and unfaded, not price clipped (£14.95), no personal inscriptions, internally clean and almost square, overall a reasonable copy for ex library. 447pp, with map of Dune at rear. Duke Leto Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into administering the desert planet of Dune. Although it is almost completely without water, Dune is a planet of fabulous wealth, for it is the only source of a drug prized throughout the Galactic Empire. The Duke and his son, Paul, are expecting treachery, and it duly comes but from a shockingly unexpected place. Paul succeeds his father, and he becomes a catalyst for the native people of Dune, whose knowledge of the ecology of the planet gives them vast power. They have been waiting for a leader like Paul Atreides, a leader who can harness that force, and the sandworms who provide the spice melange. The epic science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch and based on Frank Herbert's (1920-86), novel, stars Kyle MacLachlan (in his film debut) as Paul Atreides, and includes an ensemble of well known American and European actors in supporting roles. It was filmed at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City and included a soundtrack by the rock band Toto, as well as Brian Eno. Quite scarce, even in this later impression. Seller Inventory # 011303
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