Dune
Dune SeriesDeluxe Edition
Frank Herbert
Explore a unique and captivating world in this bestselling science fiction novel, now available in a deluxe hardcover edition. Set on the harsh desert planet Arrakis, the story follows the young Paul Atreides as he navigates a treacherous political landscape where the only valuable resource is a coveted drug called "spice." As Paul's family is betrayed and destroyed, he embarks on a journey that will lead him to a destiny beyond his wildest dreams. With a stunning blend of adventure, mysticism, and politics, Dune is a triumph of the imagination and a true masterpiece of science fiction.
Publish Date
2019-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
2019-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
first published in 1965
Goodreads Rating
4.26
ISBN
9781419731501
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2014-12-08T09:15:22.000Z
Dune series by Herbert also brilliant. He advocates placing limits on machine intelligence. – source2020-09-09T23:01:01.000Z
As a teenager, I was a total Dune fanatic; my friends and I used to have mock knife fights where the killing blow had to be delivered slowly to get through the other guy's personal shield, which means a lot if you've read the book 2/ – source2020-02-11T06:15:11.000Z
When I got this book out of the library at age 12, my father remarked, It's sinful that so large a book should be devoted to science fiction. Little was he to know that this book, full of wonderful concepts about how to come to grips with a world out of our control, would play so large a role in his son's life. After I graduated from college, a friend who was editing a series of critical monographs about science fiction asked me if I'd like to write a book about Frank Herbert. I agreed, and it was that choice that set me on the path to becoming a writer. In the course of writing the book, I got far deeper into Herbert's ideas than I had reading his books growing up. The core message of all Herbert's work is that we can't control the future, but we can control our response to it, surfing the edge of change and risk. – sourcePerhaps the most incredibly detailed and oddly believable fictional landscape I’ve ever encountered. – source
2001-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
Nonfiction narrative, let’s see. Hmm. I’m a big science-fiction fan. I love Dune. That’s not a nonfiction narrative, of course, but it would be cool if it was! – sourceIf you read Dune, and you don’t read it for the plot but you read it for understanding geopolitics, suddenly something clicks in your head. – source
2015-04-29T01:12:52.000Z
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Sorry I havn't tweeted in a while. Been reading DUNE... Never want this book to end. – source2020-05-04T01:18:38.000Z
@rsnous I just finished that book today! The extensive quotations are one of my favorite parts. – source2018-11-29T19:02:34.000Z
@alwayssendingit Hyperion, Dune, Forever War, Shadow and Claw, Count of Monte Cristo, Ian Banks' Culture series – source2019-10-17T02:47:13.000Z
DUNE by Frank Herbert is highly rated and still underrated.
Masterpiece doesn’t even cut it.
Read the book a long time ago, listening to the audiobook right now. Can highly recommend it. – source2020-07-26T00:51:47.000Z
@MikeMerchant2 I'm a huge fan of Dune, since I read the books when I was a 11. I'm going to need to organize a whole panel to discuss Dune 2020. – source