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Dune by Frank Herbert was originally published on August 1, 1965, as two separate serials in Analog magazine. It won both the Hugo Award in 1966 (tying with Roger Zelazny’s This Immortal) and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. Frank Herbert went on to write five sequels; his son Brian teamed with author Kevin J. Anderson to pen fourteen more. 1984 saw the release of David Lynch’s adaptation of Dune, and a 3-part miniseries premiered on Syfy in 2000. There have been video games, an acclaimed board game (which has just returned to print this year,) and December of 2020 will see an all-new feature film adaptation of Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve.
Paul Atreides is the hero of Dune, the heir to a powerful feudal house that is awarded stewardship of Arrakis, a desert planet notable for being the only source of the spice melange, a powerful drug that makes interstellar travel possible. The great feudal houses war both overtly and covertly over control of Arrakis, and House Atreides falls victim to the conflict. This epic story follows Paul as he survives the destruction of his house, meets the mysterious Fremen and discovers the secrets of Arrakis, the planet also known…
