‘An astonishing science fiction phenomenon’ WASHINGTON POST

‘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

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 AWARD for best novel, 1966

Winner of the NEBULA AWARD for best novel, 1965

Read the book which inspired the 2021 Denis Villeneuve epic film adaptation, Dune, starring Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Josh Brolin.

"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

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.