DUNE is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. DUNE is consistently voted the best SF novel in the world There's been a resurgence of interest in Frank Herbert since his son started writing DUNE novels THE GREAT DUNE TRILOGY contains the original - and still the best - DUNE novels: DUNE, DUNE MESSIAH and CHILDREN OF DUNE All of the DUNE books are core backlist bestseller This is perfect for the bargain seeker: the omnibus edition is cheaper than buying the three paperbacks separately
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 amalgamated into the Hugo and Nebula-winning novel Dune in 1965.
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
*NEW YORKER*
An astonishing science fiction phenomenon
*WASHINGTON POST*
One of the monuments of modern science fiction
*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*
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