Dune
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Series
Dune novels. Main series volume 1
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English
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Description
Opposing forces struggle for control of the universe when the archenemy of the Emperor is banished to a barren world where water is the most precious commodity
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Brick, Scott Narrator
Broadhurst, Kent Narrator
Cassidy, Orlagh Narrator
Culp, Jason Narrator
Gordon, David R. Narrator
Broadhurst, Kent Narrator
Cassidy, Orlagh Narrator
Culp, Jason Narrator
Gordon, David R. Narrator
ISBN
9780441013593
9781101658055
9781427201447
9781101658055
9781427201447
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Table of Contents
From the Book - Ace trade paperback edition.
Book I Dune --
Book II Muad'dib --
Book III The Prophet --
Appendix I: The Ecology of Dune --
Appendix II: The Religion of Dune --
Appendix III: Report on Bene Gesserit: motives and purposes --
Appendix IV: The Almanak en-Ashraf (selected excerpts of the noble houses) --
Terminology of the Imperium --
Map --
Afterword / Brian Herbert.
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Dune is to science fiction what The Lord of the Rings is to fantasy. Though fans believed they had bid a sad farewell to the sand planet of Arrakis upon Herbert's death in 1986, his son Brian has assumed writing the Nebula and Hugo award-winning series with the help of Kevin J. Anderson. But the original is always the most popular, and Ace here offers a good-quality hardcover complete with maps, a glossary, and appendixes. The book's huge fan base should expand even more thanks to a six-hour miniseries premiering on the Sci-Fi Channel later this year that is said to be more faithful to the book than David Lynch's truly awful 1984 feature film. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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