After all, if I’m too caught up in the everyday to start changing some of my short-sighted habits, the fault is mine entirely. Main character Paul Atreides and his family are about to embark on a journey to the desert planet Arrakis, where Paul’s father will take over management from the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.

Thank you, everyone, for your support and we’re so happy you love this cover and that of Dune Messiah. Possessing the combined genetic memories of their ancestors, they struggle to find their path amidst the shadow of their father's legacy and the brewing turmoil within the Empire. Combine that with the impeccable attention to detail that the Folio Society lavish on every publication they produce and you have a book to cherish.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. This is however in my opinion not a different book in the Dune universe but something that should be read immediately after Dune or ASAP. Dan Simmon's Hyperion and David Zindell's Neverness launched even richer, more dazzling and thrilling galactic epics, but Dune retains its premiere place in the collective imagination. Within a day his young son is nearly assassinated in his bed and there is a prophecy of something great coming.

Herbert wrote five sequels: Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune. More elaborate and complex than preceding SF, Frank Herbert laid the foundations that made Star Wars and Babylon 5 possible. Before The Matrix, before Star Wars, before Ender's Game and Neuromancer, there was Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.

With this dichotomy of imagery presented on the cover, perhaps the reader will be prepared for the intriguing themes held in the pages it contains. It tied with Roger Zelazny's This Immortal for the Hugo Award in 1966, and it won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. If a refund or reimbursement is payable to you, we will transfer the money using the same method originally used by you to pay for your purchase. Dune: winner of the prestigious Hugo and Nebula awards, and widely considered one of the greatest science fiction novels ever written.

Even beyond all the political intrigue and the concept of a galactic economy being dependent on once very scare resource.Melange, or 'spice', is the most valuable - and rarest - element in the universe; a drug that does everything from increasing a person's life-span to making intersteller travel possible.