Dune - Brossura

Herbert, Frank

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0340839937 ISBN 13: 9780340839935

Casa editrice: Hodder Paperback, 2006

Riassunto

This Hugo and Nebula Award winner is widely to be considered the most prescient SF novel ever. It tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privileges, however, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium.

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Recensione:

Unique among SF novels . . . I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings. (Arthur C. Clarke)

One of the landmarks of modern science fiction . . . an amazing feat of creation. (Analog)

Descrizione del libro:

Frank Herbert's DUNE is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, now repackaged as a Great Read.

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• Editore: Hodder Paperback
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0340839937
• ISBN 13: 9780340839935
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 608