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  • Dune: House Atreides begins the epic worldwide bestselling trilogy that tells of the generation before Dune and sows the seeds for great heroes, vile enemies, and terrible tyrants.

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AuthorBrian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
PublisherSpectra
Publication dateMarch 18, 2003
Print length681 pages
Customer Reviews★★★★★ / 1,177 ratings
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Book One of the Epic Prequel to the Classic Novel Dune—Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture

Step into the universe of Frank Herbert's Dune, one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time.

Before Paul Atreides became Muad'Dib, the dynamic leader who unified the wild Fremen on the desert planet known as Dune . . .

Before the evil Baron Harkonnen overthrew House Atreides and sent Paul and his mother Jessica fleeing into the deadly wasteland of sand . . .

Before the secrets of the spice and the sandworms were discovered . . .

There was another story . . .

The tale of young Leto Atreides learning to become a ruler in the shadow of his great father.

The tale of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, ruthless tyrant who becomes a pawn of Bene Gesserit breeding schemes.

The tale of Pardot Kynes, ambitious planetologist dispatched to the sands of Arrakis to understand the origins of the spice melange, the most valuable substance in the known universe.

And the tale of Crown Prince Shaddam Corrino, whose lust for power leads him to plot the assassination of his own father and to create a plan that will replace the spice and disrupt the Imperium forever . . .

Dune: House Atreides begins the epic worldwide bestselling trilogy that tells of the generation before Dune and sows the seeds for great heroes, vile enemies, and terrible tyrants.

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DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES • DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN • DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO

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Most Dune fans consider the Brian Herbert / KJA to be amateur fan-fiction or a cash grab on Brian's dad's work. I read a lot and I thought it was OK, but nowhere as great as the FH books.
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I read these as an adolescent and even then, thought they were pretty poorly written. Definitely not up to the level of Dune.
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Xamindar
05-11-2022 at 07:06 AM.
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"Soon to be a motion picture".....uhhh
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05-11-2022 at 07:03 PM.

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05-11-2022 at 07:03 PM.
Most Dune fans consider the Brian Herbert / KJA to be amateur fan-fiction or a cash grab on Brian's dad's work. I read a lot and I thought it was OK, but nowhere as great as the FH books.
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05-11-2022 at 07:16 PM.
05-11-2022 at 07:16 PM.
Vladmir Harkonnen.... it just occurred to me, are the Harkonnen supposed to be Russians lol
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05-11-2022 at 10:02 PM.
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I read these as an adolescent and even then, thought they were pretty poorly written. Definitely not up to the level of Dune.
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mrmessma
05-12-2022 at 04:59 AM.
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I know the originals are better, but I found more enjoyment in these prequel stories told.
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jfe
05-12-2022 at 08:02 AM.
05-12-2022 at 08:02 AM.
I really enjoyed these books, are they as good as books 1,2, NO. Maybe 3? But the last ones from Frank Herbert, were awful.

Read it, enjoy it
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05-12-2022 at 08:42 AM.
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Is timothée chalamet in this?
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05-12-2022 at 08:45 AM.
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I think these books are fun, but dumb, and they break cannon in a few places (like No-Ships existing before they should, and a very different Butlerian Jihad).
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05-12-2022 at 09:17 AM.

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Look folks, Dune was critically acclaimed for the story, characters, and the writing when first published. It influenced almost all science fiction that came later. Even Frank Herbert's subsequent additions never got close to the original. So expecting son, Brian's, work to be of the same quality is ridiculous. I've read the whole series, father's and son's. Brian had his father's notes on the back stories presented in House Atredies, House Harkonnen, and House Corrino. That the writing is not as filled with the magic of the original is not surprising, or necessary. What you get in Brian's work is mostly his father's ideas of what led to Dune, the feuds, the character development, and much of the "why". I found them enjoyable, informative, and well worth the time. $3 is a slick deal. Just, don't expect them to get close to the original telling. They aren't. And, BTW, these prequels will make better movies than any attempt at Dune. Even the latest version, though true to the book so far, has only barely been able to convey the essential internal drama existing in the book. It's better than the two previous attempts. Brian's are good, pulpy stories, that can be conveyed without difficulty in film.
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05-12-2022 at 09:30 AM.
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judging by the forewords written by brian in his father's dune novels, ima have to pass on this deal
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JesseJ7009
05-12-2022 at 10:28 AM.
05-12-2022 at 10:28 AM.
I read this when it first came out and loved it. Frank Herbert didn't write it and that's ok. I really enjoyed these books and the Legends of Dune that went over the Butlerian Jihad.

You're not going to read/experience Dune for the first time by reading this. You can't experience the same thing for the first time twice. Enjoy the world building, enjoy the story, and have fun.
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05-12-2022 at 10:35 AM.
05-12-2022 at 10:35 AM.
If you're a Dune fan, these are potentially worth a read, but they get progressively worse as you get deeper into the series. There's prequels and sequels and then there's the books where they try to shoehorn new information into every period that's not covered in detail in the original series from Frank Herbert. Definitely a cash grab.
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05-12-2022 at 10:37 AM.
05-12-2022 at 10:37 AM.
Quote from Xamindar :
"Soon to be a motion picture".....uhhh
Perhaps they're referring to the 4th or 5th remake likely coming out in 2030?
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