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 whole series…great science fiction.
I have read it three times it is that good
The author builds a world and its characters and posits a lifestyle that draw one right in. Dune and its sequels are definitely habit-forming
Interesting but confusing.
Herbert has create one of h most original an different, yet eminently believable literary universes ever. A must-read
once I started reading this book I could not put it down,
A must read for science fiction fans. Fantasy lovers might enjoy it also.
Hard to initially get into. Excellent once you’ve ingested a little “spice”!
Essential reading for sci-fi fans.
I first read this book as a teenager, and when I had finished devouring it, I walked around for several weeks thinking about it (no mean accomplishment to actually get a teen to think deeply)! At odd moments a flash of something I had read in the book would come to me and I would once again try to get my mind around the fact that another human being could create a world so fully realized, on such an epic scale as Frank Herbert had done with Dune. I have read it many times since at all different points in my life, and each time I find something new in the story, the significance of which I might have previously missed. How wonderful to still be surprised by something you believed to be an old, familiar and predictable friend. This is a book that every science fiction fan should read at least once – it remains relevant to this day!
Probably one of the greatest Sci-Fi novels. The prequels are interesting (though not as well written) in their explanations of how things came to be on Earth and spreading across the galaxy.
Give it 60 pages and you will not be able to put it down. It requires you to invest yourself in it. If you do, the returns are fantastic. Highly recommended.
I loved this book. It is even more poignant for me now as our world faces the global crisis if climate change. Hopefully, Dune will not be a prophetic look at our future.
One of the very best sci-fi books I have ever read.
I read it every year or so and get something new every time.
I read this book a long time ago, when I was an undergraduate. For the time, the world building was fantastic and the plot was wonderfully unpredictable. For younger audiences now, I hope it is all the imagination-stretching things that science fiction was when I was growing up.
I was totally blown away with the whole world of Dune. Science fiction at it’s finest
Classic sci-fi. Don’t be discouraged from reading by the bad movie adaptation.
It’s great.
Completely original for its time. I think this was published in the 1960s. I read it then and loved it. He builds an entire planet and culture and history and it sucks the reader fully in. Still a wonderful book.
One of the greatest sci-fi stories ever, well worthy of praise.