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, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, 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 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.
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read the series long ago. got the book free and wanted to add it to my e-brary
Must read SF classic.
Wonderful
Great read!
In my opinion the best science fiction story ever written. The others in the series not so much. But this is an awesome story. I majored in Middle Eastern History
One of the greatest SF novels ever written!
Some of the best science fiction there ever was. A lot of really engrossing and detailed reading but a “can’t put it down” book.
One of my favorite Sci-Fi books of all time. First in a series, but stands on its own.
A classic! Unique, even in the world of science fiction.
This is one of the three books that turned me into a science fiction “freak” for twenty years!
The first book that I read that could make a fictional alien world feel real.
I loved this book. I read it on vacation one how summer. The world building is amazing. The characters come alive. This is probably the first really dark SF book I read. WOW. It’s one of the books I wish I could totally forget and ready it again for the first time.
The best thing Herbert ever did; ignore all the sequels, they don’t measure up. Ignore the various film and miniseries too. If you want more, read all the appendices, then re-read the novel. Better, START with the appendices, then read it, then re-read everything!
It has been years since I read it, but I considered it as one of my favorites.
Singularly the greatest SciFi book of all time
I liked the book but was disappointed in the movie
One of my all time favorites
A must-read for any sci fi fan!
The more times I read this book the more I like it.
I first read this book more than 30 years ago, I have re-read it several times since (along with the next several in the series). One of my all time favorites.