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The Great Dune Trilogy
Only once in a blue moon does a work of imaginative fiction like Dune come along. Since its first publication more than thirty years ago, Frank Herbert’s brilliant novel and its sequels have become classics; Dune is consistently voted the Number One science fiction book of the century by readers all over the world.
The Great Dune Trilogy brings together Dune, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune, an epic, sweeping tale of assassination, survival and betrayal on a bitterly inhospitable planet.
In the far future, two great dynastic families are locked in a bitter feud. The Duke of Atreides has been maneuvered by his great enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into accepting the job of administering Dune - a vast, almost uninhabitable desert planet where water is a prize possession. But Dune is also a planet of fabulous wealth, for it is home to a drug
prized throughout the Galactic Empire.
The Duke, together with his wife and son Paul, know to expect treachery as they take up their new appointment, but it comes from a source both shocking and unexpected. And when Paul succeeds his father, he becomes a catalyst for the natives of Dune. Unbeknownst to the past rulers of the planet, their knowledge of the ecology of this inhospitable desert gives them immense power. All they need is a revolutionary leader to
harness this force: and Paul Atreides could be that man .. .
Praise for Dune
`A novel of extraordinary complexity ... the work of a speculative intellect
with few rivals in modern SF’ The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
`Unique among SF novels ... I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings’ Arthur C Clarke
`A tight, mesmerising fabric, interwoven with a potent element of mysticism . . . intensely realised’ Brian W. Aldiss
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Dune
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Jay Russell
- one of the greatest talents the horror industry has produced for some time… (Black Tears)
Only once in a blue moon doer a work of imaginative fiction like Dune come along - and since its first publication more than thirty years ago, Frank Herbert’s brilliant novel has become a classic: consistently voted the Number One science fiction book of the century by readers all over the world.
In the far future, two great dynastic families are locked in a bitter feud. The Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his great enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into accepting the job of administering the planet known as Dune. A vast desert, almost uninhabitable, a drop of water is worth a fortune - but Dune is also a planet of fabulous wealth, for it is home to a drug
prized throughout the Galactic Empire.
The Duke, together with his wife and son Paul, know that they can expect treachery as they set out to take up their new appointment, but it comes from a source both shocking and unexpected.
And when Paul succeeds his father, this gifted youth becomes a
catalyst for the natives of Dune: a people who exist in the land and the heat of the desert. Unbeknownst to the past rulers of the planet, their knowledge of the ecology of this inhospitable desert giver them immense power.
All they need is a revolutionary leader to harness this force: and Paul Atreides could be that man ...
High drama treachery and intrigue combined with a spectacular narrative drive: Dune is a novel that, once read, will never be forgotten.
This special edition is illustrated in full colour by Hugo Award-winning artist John Schoenherr, who provided the original covers and interiors for Herbert’s Dune stories when they were serialised in Analog in the early 1960s. His paintings were those preferred by Frank Herbert above all others.
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Chapter House Dune
The Sixth Dune Novel
The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic Dune continues ...
The long-established galactic order is passing. The Honoured Matres, ruthless and all conquering, have destroyed the planet Dune. In opposition, hard-pressed but still fighting back, the Bene Gesserit sisterhood co-ordinate their resistance from their as yet undiscovered home world, Chapter House. Now, as a new Scattering is planned, they still have one carefully nurtured asset: the sandworms, offspring of the only giant worm salvaged from Dune. Chapter House is about to turn into a barren wasteland: Chapter House will be the new Dune.
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Heretics of Dune
The Fifth Dune Novel
The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic Dune continues ...
From Dune to Rakis to Dune, the wheel turns full circle. From burning desert to green and fertile land and on again to burning desert ... the cycle is complete. The people of the Scattering are returning. Amongst them, mysterious and threatening, are the women who call themselves the Honoured Matres, adepts of an ecstatic cult. And on Rakis, become Dune, an ancient prophecy is fulfilled with the coming of the she-seer, Sheeana ...
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God Emperor of Dune
The Fourth Dune Novel
The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic Dune continues ...
More than three thousand years have passed since the events first recorded in Dune. Only one link survives with those tumultuous times: the grotesque figure of Leto Atreides, son of the prophet Paul Muad’Dib, and now the virtually immortal God Emperor of Dune. He alone understands the future, and he knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into his species. But to achieve his final victory, Leto Atreides must also bring about his own downfall ...
`The work of a speculative intellect with few rivals in modern SF’ The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
About The Author
Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was born in Tacoma, Washington,
and worked as reporter and later editor of a number of
West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first published SF story was in 1952, but he achieved fame with the publication between 1963-4 of "Dune World" in Analog, followed in 1965 by "The Prophet of Dune". These were amalgamated in 1965 as the novel Dune, which won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo and, in 1984, was made into a Hollywood movie.
Dune was followed by a number of sequels, including Dune Messiah, Children of Dune (all three published as The First Great Dune Trilogy), God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapter House Dune. Herbert's son
Brian Herbert and bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson have recently published the first of a projected series of prequels, House Atreides.
Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.
The Great Dune Trilogy
(Gollancz Pbk,
2005)
Dune
(Gollancz,
1999)
Pbk Dec 99
Chapter House Dune
(Gollancz,
1985)
Gollancz Pbk Aug 03
Heretics of Dune
(Gollancz,
1984)
Gollancz Pbk Aug 03
God Emperor of Dune
(Gollancz,
1981)
Gollancz Pbk Sep 03
Children of Dune
(Gollancz,
1976)
Gollancz Millenium Pbk Jul 03
The Dosadi Experiment
Gollancz Millenium Pbk Jul 00
The Jesus Incident
Gollancz Millenium Pbk Jul 00
The Great Dune Trilogy
by Frank Herbert
