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Dune (40th Anniversary Edition)

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1506 Reviews
Penguin, Aug 2, 2005 - Fiction - 544 pages
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. 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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Fantastic plot and storytelling. - weRead
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Review: Dune (Dune Chronicles #1)

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Does the world need another Dune review? I very much doubt it needs mine but that never stopped me before, saturation be damned! Dune in and of itself, in isolation from the rest of the numerous other ... Read full review

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I'd maybe go so far as to give this 4.5 stars. It is one of those classics of science fiction. It starts out a little slow, with things not really getting started until you're a fourth of the way ... Read full review

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Contents

DUNE
1
MUADDIB
197
THE PROPHET
353
The Ecology of Dune
477
The Religion of Dune
484
Report on Bene Gesserit Motives and Purposes
492
The Almanak enAshraf Selected Excerpts of the Noble Houses
495
Terminology of the Imperium
497
Afterword
521
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About the author (2005)

Frank Herbert 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. He died in 1986.

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