Dune

by Herbert, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780441172719
• ISBN10: 0441172717
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1990-09-01
• Publisher: Ace

Summary

Here is the novel that to this day continues to shape modern science fiction. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, a world more awesome than any other in literature, Dune begins the story of the man known as Maud'dib -- and of a great family's plan to bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure, 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. Frank Herbert's death in 1986 was a tragic loss, yet the astounding legacy of his visionary fiction will live forever.

Author Biography

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. In 1952, Herbert began publishing science fiction with "Looking for Something?" in Startling Stories. But his true emergence as a writer of major stature did not occur until 1965, with the publication of Dune. Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune followed, completing the saga that the Chicago Tribune would call "one of the monuments of modern science fiction." Herbert is also the author of some twenty other books, including The Jesus Incident, The Dosadi Experiment, and Destination: Void. He died in 1986.

Table of Contents

Dune	1	(200)
Muad'Dib	201	(162)
The Prophet	363	(130)
Appendix I: The Ecology of Dune	493	(7)
Appendix II: The Religion of Dune	500	(8)
Appendix III: Report on Bene Gesserit Motives and Purposes	508	(3)
Appendix IV: The Almanaken-Ashraf (Selected Excerpts of the Noble Houses)	511	(2)
Terminology of the Imperium	513	(23)
Map	536