Dune
1965 • 704 pages

Ratings2,312

Average rating4.3

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Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of Paul Atreides--who would become known as Muad'Dib--and of a great family's ambition to bring to fruition mankind'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.


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Dune: The Machine Crusade

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“The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.”

I still consider this to be the best book I've ever read. I love science fiction and this timeless story is incredibly powerful.

November 13, 2021

It's spelled like

⊃ ∪
∩ ⊂

on the back of my copy and that's sick. Airplanes that flap their wings are pretty cool too I guess.

March 13, 2024
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