Dune Frank Herbert ; series introduction by Neil Gaiman.
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TextSeries: Penguin galaxyPublisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2016Description: xxii, 694 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780143111580 (hardback)Subject(s): FICTION / Science Fiction / High Tech | FICTION / Classics | FICTION / LiteraryGenre/Form: Science fiction.DDC classification: 813.54 LOC classification: PS3558.E63 | D8 2016Other classification: FIC028020 | FIC004000 | FIC019000 Summary: "Science fiction's supreme masterpiece, Dune will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, it is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who will become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. Paul's noble family is named stewards of Arrakis, whose sands are the only source of a powerful drug called "the spice." After his family is brought down in a traitorous plot, Paul must go undercover to seek revenge, and to 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. "-- Provided by publisher.
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"Science fiction's supreme masterpiece, Dune will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, it is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who will become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. Paul's noble family is named stewards of Arrakis, whose sands are the only source of a powerful drug called "the spice." After his family is brought down in a traitorous plot, Paul must go undercover to seek revenge, and to 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. "-- Provided by publisher.
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