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Dune Digital – 30 December 2010

by Frank Herbert (Author)

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The Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch-enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into administering the desert planet of Dune. Although it is almost completely without water, Dune is a planet of fabulous wealth, for it is the only source of a drug prized throughout the Galactic Empire. The Duke and his son, Paul, are expecting treachery, and it duly comes - but from a shockingly unexpected place.

Then Paul succeeds his father, and he becomes a catalyst for the native people of Dune, whose knowledge of the ecology of the planet gives them vast power. They have been waiting for a leader like Paul Atreides, a leader who can harness that force . . .

DUNE: one of the most brilliant science fiction novels ever written, as engrossing and heart-rending today as it was when it was first published half a century ago.

Joint winner of the Hugo Award for best novel, 1966

Winner of the Nebula Award for best novel, 1965

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624 pages
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Gateway
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30 December 2010
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0575104414
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978-0575104419
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The most famous, widely acclaimed and popular of all SF novels

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Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first SF story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of 'Dune World' and 'The Prophet of Dune' that were amalgamated in the novel Dune in 1965.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Gateway; 1st edition (30 December 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Digital ‏ : ‎ 624 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0575104414
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0575104419

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Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first SF story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of 'Dune World' and 'The Prophet of Dune' that were amalgamated in the novel Dune in 1965.

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Gerrit Gmel

Good, but not amazing

Reviewed in Australia on 28 July 2020

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There is depth in here for sure, and having read the first book I am pushed to continuing on with the series, but not before taking a short break. I find this grand writing style a bit tedious at times and the works a little too arcane. I suppose the author tries to convey a sense of grandeur, and the weight of history through this style, but I find it all a bit confusing at times. It would have had more impact if explained more outright rather than having to dig for explanations in the appendix or online.

Still, a great novel (and excellent audio book), and I’m looking forward to seeing how the next 2 books of the original trilogy compare to this first one.

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Rodney A. Williams

Ace 2019 Hardcover is Superb

Reviewed in Australia on 19 January 2020

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This is a review of the excellent 2019 mass-market hardcover from Ace. Unfortunately it is glued not smyth-sewn, but I knew that before purchase after doing research, which took a long time comparing all extant hardcovers in print. It would be great if Amazon included binding details in the book profile. That said, the pages open nicely, so the perfect binding is not overly tight. I bought this edition for the beautiful design and in person it really is impressive. The illustrations and text typesetting are gorgeous, and the page margins are spot-on. By the way, I saw that the Folio Society DUNE has huge page margins...a turn-off for me.

Book Depository shipped the Ace DUNE to me without inside protection, but luckily it arrived undamaged. I am now looking forward to reading DUNE in 2020 for this first time.

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Nikolas Haidar

DUNE - Deluxe Edition

Reviewed in Australia on 5 March 2020

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It's DUNE.....& that means it's awesome but this Deluxe version is nicely finished with lots of nice touches & it also has larger print. Actually the finish is a real highlight - If the forthcoming movie (Part 1 due Dec 2020), is a big success & here's hoping it is, then maybe they'll do a similar treatment to Frank Herbert's 5 sequel novels....& then, who knows, maybe even the prequel novels too - Highly Recommended !!!!

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Irv Blitzer

Good, not great

Reviewed in Australia on 1 February 2020

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I read this book as part of a bucket list. It has been highly recommended through lots of book lists I have seen. It didn't catch me though. While it wasn't a slog to get through I never felt like I wanted to get home and continue the story either. I could see how a sci fi fan would love the book though, if that is your genre. It was written over 50 years ago now so may be a bit dated.

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Kvan

Arrived damaged - probably used item

Reviewed in Australia on 6 December 2021

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This review is about the physical product only. The book looked like in used condition, not new. As seen in the pics it arrived with some wear. Disappointed!

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Laurent Champion

Still amazing

Reviewed in Australia on 21 October 2020

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I did read this book 30 years ago and loved it. Re reading it now, it doesn't feel it aged and it still feel inspiring. It's well written not like books from other scifi authors of the same generation, which had a heavy nearly amateurish style.

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Craig Muller

Amazing quality hardcover. A great addition to my DUNE collection

Reviewed in Australia on 19 November 2021

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Very pleased with this Deluxe edition. The teal/green on the edge of the pages, the amazing cover art and how when it opens up it has even more amazing artwork inside. Just speechless and very glad I made this purchase. A worthy addition to my DUNE collection of books and art.

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Archie Benton

Incredible world-building

Reviewed in Australia on 24 December 2021

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I loved this book even before the movie came out (also amazing). What I love the most is the world-building - so detailed and well thought out, and just interesting to see how the characters survive in such a harsh environment, and how it shapes the story.

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pgm3

That's not a kriss, this is a kriss...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 June 2018

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Many mediocre sequels followed, but this first is a great piece of political sci-fi. Imagine the oil-producers were extraterrestrial cultures, producing not lubricants and fuels but a natural psychotropic which facilitated hyperspace navigation. Now imagine an Asimovian empire trying to rest control of the source. Imagine that there is a fanatic desert uprising seeking to regain that control, resisted not by the Husseini nor the Ibn Saud but by a royal gang which looks for all the world like the Hapsburgs. Throw in a heroic noble family, political intrigue, brilliant, West-Wing level smartwriting, and just for, the helluvit, a tribe of real witches and some giant snakes which patrol the =deserts by tunneling under the sands. Completely addictive read. A modern classic..

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mike langdon

You don't realise just how much is owed to this

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 April 2019

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What is there to be said that already hasn't been said better by someone else? What a thouroughly enjoyable and interesting book this really is.
If I hadn't already been aware of the film and the documentary into the failure of the 70's film, I would of struggled to comprehend that this book is over half a century old.
But from that, if you are a fan of any epics, from sci-fi to fantasy, books and film, you'll never know just how many authors have been influenced by Frank Herbert.
On the surface it may seem a basic structured story, but keeping attention to what each character values and understands, you realise that as the book goes on, that every idea and thought carried are in fact wrong, that these characters all come to the realisation that their closely held truths are in fact falsehoods, as well as many characters having plans within plans, and plots within plots withing plots!
The pages just fly by once you get started and I was saddened when I realised the story was drawing to its conclusion.
A 5 star review from me, and I hope that this inspires someone else to dabble in the story of the people of Arrakis

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Eduardo Olvera

Eviten las malas traducciones en español y lean en su idioma original tal cuál lo escribió su autor.

Reviewed in Mexico on 14 February 2018

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En México no sólo tenemos un problema de falta de lectura, también hacen falta buenas editoriales. Anduve buscando este libro en español pero sólo encontré el que editó editorial debolsillo en España. Aunque sus libros a pesar de ser de bolsillo, valga la redundancia, son de buena calidad y son fáciles de leer pues se traducen a un español neutro pero no en todos los casos ya que los españoles se caracterizan por ser pésimos traductores, prácticamente traducen lo que ellos entienden y no lo que el autor quiso decir, esto hace que se pierda toda la esencia de un libro al grado de que puede fastidiarte y no entiendas nada. En México podemos encontrar libros traducidos al español pero la mayoría son de editoriales españolas, siendo debolsillo la más predominante pues aparentemente son los mas económicos y los encuentras en cualquier lado. Sin embargo también hay muy buenas editoriales españolas como Valdemar y Zorro Rojo, de las cuales no duraría en comprar uno de sus libros sin importar el precio. Ojalá un día Zorro Rojo se anime a sacar su versión de Dune.
Muchas veces cuando tienes altas expectativas de un libro y al leerlo terminas decepcionado, ponte a pensar que quizá se deba a una mala traducción. Así que antes de comprar esa edición en español me detuve a pensar. La verdad no quería que una mala traducción me echara a perder una obra como Dune; además esa edición es muy cara pues se envía desde España. Finalmente me decidí a comprarlo en su idioma original.
Este libro es parte de una serie de seis clásicos de la ciencia ficción editados por la reconocida Penguin Random House con sede en Nueva York. Los títulos (aparte de Dune) que componen esta serie llamada Penguin Galaxy son: Stranger in a Strange Land, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Once and Future King, Neuromancer y 2001: A Space Odyssey. Cuentan con una introducción del reconocido escritor Neil Gaiman y el diseño de los libros corrió a cargo de Alex Trochut.
Sabemos que los libros en inglés son más baratos que las ediciones (mal)traducidas al español, sin embargo estos no son tan baratos pero creo que al ser parte de una serie con un excelente diseño es un buen precio. La decepción vino al tener el libro físico. La verdad me esperaba algo de mejor calidad, algo mucho más resistente. Yo nunca he leído Dune y para eso compré este pero me da miedo agarrarlo pues siento que mis dedos se van a quedar marcados en la tapa ya que es de un papel mate muy absorbente. El papel de las páginas también es muy delgado. Me da la impresión de que estos libros son para tenerlos en tu repisa pero no para ser leídos.
Junto con este libro compré otros artículos, entonces me mandaron todo junto en la misma caja y este libro se maltrató un poco. No traía ni celofán ni trataron de protegerlo. Tomen en cuenta que es lo que van a pedir y si sus productos pueden maltratar otros durante el envío. Por cierto, el envío fue rapidísimo, sin duda Amazon es mi plataforma favorita para hacer mis compras.

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AdamH

Outstanding, Awesome, My favourite book of all time

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 December 2019

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I first read Dune in 1978 as a teenager, it was recommended to me by a relative who read it when it came out in 1965, it amazed me , it is a truly epic read, having just seen the original Star Wars as it was released in 1977 I recognised that more than a few of the Star Wars plot lines seemed remarkably similar to Dune, also I think a certain Mr George RR Martin has borrowed some ideas from Dune for Game of Thrones. This is my favourite book of any genre and I bought it again after recommending it to my Daughter who is in her 20's, before passing it on I read it again and got as much enjoyment reading it again as I did the first time and it has stood the test of time, infact its timeless and should be relevant for ever. Basically its a book about politics, power and religion that just happens to be set 10,000 years in the future where the key natural resource that drives the whole universe is a narcotic called spice (think oil in our times) and the person(s) that controls the supply is all powerful and has many enemies and friends and allies. The various characters, groups, races and religions in the book are all brilliant and memorable enough that I remembered them all from 40 years ago and the genius for me is that although this is set far in the future computers have been banned for thousands of years so there is very little technology in the book which is great as the focus then is on the actual story which is superb. My daughter has finished reading it and she was blown away by it as well. Luckily there are several sequels which I will now read again.

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Kid Ferrous

Practically unreadable...but I want to like it

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 March 2021

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I’ve tried reading Dune three times, and three times I’ve had to give up.
I just can’t get on with it. It’s not the story, which is of course one of the greatest SF worlds ever created. I think it’s the overall assault of Herbert’s writing style that eventually wears me down-it just gets a bit too much by about 3/4 of the way through the novel.
One day I’ll manage to finish it once. I owe it that much.

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