Dune: Book One in the Dune Chronicles
By Frank Herbert
Read by Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, and Simon Vance
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Summary
Summary
A New York Times Bestseller in Audio
Co-winner of the 1966 Hugo Award for Best Novel
Winner of the 1965 Nebula Award for Best Novel
A New York Public Library Staff Pick of Favorite Books of the Last 125 Years
An Elle Magazine Pick of Best Audiobooks
Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
A Paris Review Selection of Recommended Anti-Beach Reads
Among longlisted titles for Audible.com 100 Audible Essentials, 2007
Winner of Audie Award Winner, 2008
Among shortlisted titles for Audie Award Finalist, 2008
Among longlisted titles for Audible.com Best of the Year, 2007
Winner of Hugo Award - Winner
Among longlisted titles for Audible.com 100 Audible Essentials, 2007
Winner of Audie Award Winner, 2008
Among shortlisted titles for Audie Award Finalist, 2008
Among longlisted titles for Audible.com Best of the Year, 2007
Winner of Hugo Award - Winner
Among longlisted titles for Audible.com 100 Audible Essentials, 2007
Winner of Audie Award Winner, 2008
Among shortlisted titles for Audie Award Finalist, 2008
Among longlisted titles for Audible.com Best of the Year, 2007
Winner of Hugo Award - Winner
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Stellan
Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling.
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble
family—and would 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. Frank Herbert's death in 1986 was a tragic loss, yet the astounding legacy of his visionary fiction will live forever.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
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I Have Conquered Dune!
- Let’s talk about Dune. For years, I avoided it. I’d heard about it and read the description. It did not inspire interest. Recently, two things inspired me to read it . . . the trailer for the upcoming movie and this video - https://youtu.be/oOomSvGXfaM . For me, this story itself is a very solid 3.5 star story. I was never bored. I took my time with, it, never rushing it. And I think that made for a positive experience. Back to ratings, my personal mantra is, I do not round up. But I am going to adjust that rule with this book, and I hope I can get my point across. I just finished this book 55 years after it initially came out. Since its publication, it has become a very well-liked and respected book, and it has influenced many movies and books since then. I have recognized some during my reading, but I know there are many more. The influences are what matter. Had I been alive and read the book when it was first published, what is now influence would have been fresh, new, and exciting to me. Instead, I got the fresh, new, and exiting by what it inspired and influenced. That cannot be ignored. Therefore I pay the respect it earned now. Therefore, not rounding up, I’m left with 3 stars. I’m adding another full star for being a trailblazer for what followed. Therefore, I give Frank Herbert’s Dune a well-deserved and well-earned 4 out of 5 stars. As of now, I do no plan on reading the subsequent books in the series.
Author
Author Bio: Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert (1920–1986), winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards and a #1 New York Times bestselling author, was born in Tacoma, Washington, and worked as a reporter and later as an editor for a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first science fiction story was published in 1952, but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication of “Dune World” and “The Prophet of Dune” in Analog. The stories were amalgamated in the bestselling novel Dune in 1965.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Runtime: | 21.03 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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