The epic that began with the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic Dune- now a major motion picture from the director of Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival - continues...
The sand-blasted world of Arrakis has become green,watered and fertile. Old Paul Atreides,who led the desert Fremen to political and religious domination of the galaxy,is gone.
But for the children of Dune,the very blossoming of their land contains the seeds of its own destruction. The altered climate is destroying the giant sandworms,and this in turn is disastrous for the planet's economy.
Leto and Ghanima,Paul Atreides's twin children and his heirs,can see possible solutions - but fanatics begin to challenge the rule of the all-powerful Atreides empire,and more than economic disaster threatens...
Read the series which inspired the 2021 Denis Villeneuve epic film adaptation,Dune,starring Oscar Isaac,Timothee Chalamet,Zendaya and Josh Brolin.
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781473233782Number of pages: 432Weight: 300 gDimensions: 196 x 126 x 32 mm
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'I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings.'- Arthur C. Clarke'It is possible that Dune is even more relevant now than when it was first published.'- The New Yorker
'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon.'- The Washington Post
'One of the monuments of modern science fiction.'- The Chicago Tribune
'Powerful,convincing,and most ingenious.'- Robert A. Heinlein
'A novel of extraordinary complexity... the work of a speculative intellect with few rivals in modern SF.'- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
'A tight mesmerising fabric,interwoven with a potent element of mysticism... intensely realised.'- Brian W. Aldiss
Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert was an American science fiction writer,best known for the classic novel Dune and its five sequels.
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