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The Great Dune Trilogy Frank Herbert

The Great Dune Trilogy By Frank Herbert

The Great Dune Trilogy by Frank Herbert


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Summary

The classic Dune trilogy, one of the most influential SF series ever written
'I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings' Arthur C Clarke

The Great Dune Trilogy Summary

The Great Dune Trilogy: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune by Frank Herbert

Three of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus

'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POST

Herbert's evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions.

Arrakis is the source of spice, a mind-enhancing drug which makes interstellar travel possible; it is the most valuable substance in the galaxy. When Duke Atreides and his family take up court there, they fall into a trap set by the Duke's bitter rival, Baron Harkonnen. The Duke is poisoned, but his wife and her son Paul escape to the vast and arid deserts of Arrakis, which have given the planet its nickname of Dune.

Paul and his mother join the Fremen, the Arrakis natives, who have learnt to live in this harsh and complex ecosystem. But learning to survive is not enough - Paul's destiny was mapped out long ago and his mother is committed to seeing it fulfilled.

The Great Dune Trilogy Reviews

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 * NEW YORKER *
An astonishing science fiction phenomenon * WASHINGTON POST *
One of the monuments of modern science fiction * CHICAGO TRIBUNE *
Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious -- Robert A. Heinlein
A novel of extraordinary complexity ... the work of a speculative intellect with few rivals in modern sf * THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SCIENCE FICTION *
A tight mesmerising fabric, interwoven with a potent element of mysticism ... intensely realised -- Brian W Aldiss

About Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first sf story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of ?Dune World? and ?The Prophet of Dune?, amalgamated into the Hugo and Nebula-winning novel DUNE in 1965.

Additional information

GOR001236951
9780575070707
0575070706
The Great Dune Trilogy: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Orion Publishing Co
2005-11-17
912
Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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