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Author | Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson |
Publisher | Spectra |
Publication date | March 18, 2003 |
Print length | 681 pages |
Customer Reviews | ★★★★★ / 1,806 ratings |
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.
Look for the entire prequel series
DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES • DUNE: HOUSE HARKONNEN • DUNE: HOUSE CORRINO
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Honestly, I'd say stop after the original Dune. The follow ups (Dune Messiah and Children of Dune) are really poorly written in comparison: in both novels, there are pages and pages of exhausting, needlessly complicated dialogue that add nothing to the story. Dune feels a bit slow at times only because so much is happening; in the following novels, literally nothing happens for a hundred pages, then everything happens at once, and all of it feels forced.
Only one I've read by his son was Butlerian Jihad and thought it was really good.
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That was so weird! I remember thinking how funny it was when the book describes how ripped he is before he gets the virus
And miss out on the amazing insanity of God Emperor? Nonsense. Make sure you read through God Emperor. You can skip the last 2 Frank wrote (they're still totally great imo) if the idea of sex combat sounds too out there for you. I'd still highly recommended them, but understand why someone would skip them
But do not stop before God Emperor.