Title: Dune
Author: Frank Herbert
Read By: Scott Brick, Orlagh
Copyright: 1965
Audiobook Copyright: 2007
Genre: Sci-Fi
Publisher: Audio Renaissance
Series Name: The Dune Chronicles
Position in Series: 1
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Dune tells the story of young Paul Atreides and House Atreides as they take
over control of the desert planet Arrakis from their hated rivals House
Harkonnen. Despite its harsh climate, unfriendly native population and hostile
wildlife (i.e. Killer Worms), Arrankis is also the only known source in the
universe of the "spice" Melange - an addictive substance which has the ability
to extend life and give greater awareness to the user - including the ability
to fold space-time for interstellar travel. Suffice it to say, the Spice is the
engine that powers the entire Empire, making Arrakis the most strategically
important planet in the universe.
While Paul is a member of House Atreides, it is also revealed that he is the
product of a centuries old breeding program organized by the Bene Gesserit
Sisterhood, a shadowy group whose goal is to produce a super human with
prescience abilities - also known as the Kwisatz Haderach. As the novel
progresses, Paul becomes more attuned to his growing powers and how to harness
them for his own purposes. After an ambush by House Harkonnen deposes House
Atreides and sends them scattering, Paul and his mother Lady Jessica are forced
to take refuge with the planet’s native elements - the Fremen. During his time
with the Fremen, Paul completes his transformation from fresh faced royal heir
to the vengeful messiah Muad'Dib - bent on retaking Arrakis back from the
Harkonnens and spreading Jihad throughout the universe.
Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future and taking place over millennia, deals with complex themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics and power. Dune itself is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time and the series is widely considered to be among the classics of the genre.
