Dune by Frank Herbert (Dune - Frank Herbert)

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Product:	Dune - Frank Herbert
Date:	30/07/00 (58 review reads)
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Advantages: A Classic

Disadvantages: none

This is set a long way in the future and is a story of change and development, of evolution and revolution. The background is a quasi-feudal society comprising a mixture of medieval and futuristic, mainly due to a previous revolution against the thinking machine. The main protagonist is Paul Atreides, the son of a Duke who rules a world on behalf of the Emperor. The Emperor sends the Duke to rule the planet Arrakis and to manage the production of the spice melange which gives the power of prescience to those that ingest it. Betrayal and murder ensue, leaving Paul and his mother homeless - how will he regain his inheritance and avenge his dead father...read on.

Originally written in 1965, this book has become a Science Fiction classic. There are lots of sequels, the best of which is 'Children Of Dune', although, to have any chance of understanding what is going on, the books should be read in the proper order.

This is my all time favourite SF book and I have read it a lot of times.

There is a film version by David Lynch, one of my favourite directors, which is a passable attempt at an almost unfilmable book. There is also an upcoming mini series with William Hurt as Duke Leto.

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