Dune: The breath-taking and Academy Award-nominated science fiction masterpiece: 1 - Rilegato

Herbert, Frank

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ISBN 10: 0575081503 ISBN 13: 9780575081505

Casa editrice: Orion, 2014

Riassunto

The Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch-enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into administering the desert planet of Dune. Although it is almost completely without water, Dune is a planet of fabulous wealth, for it is the only source of a drug prized throughout the Galactic Empire. The Duke and his son, Paul, are expecting treachery, and it duly comes - but from a shockingly unexpected place.

Then Paul succeeds his father, and he becomes a catalyst for the native people of Dune, whose knowledge of the ecology of the planet gives them vast power. They have been waiting for a leader like Paul Atreides, a leader who can harness that force ...

DUNE: one of the most brilliant science fiction novels ever written, as engrossing and heart-rending today as it was when it was first published half a century ago.

Joint winner of the HUGO AWARD for best novel, 1966
Winner of the NEBULA AWARD for best novel, 1965

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Descrizione del libro:

The most famous, widely acclaimed and popular of all sf novels
NAMED ONE OF THE BBC's 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD

L'autore:

Frank Herbert (1920-86) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first sf story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of DUNE WORLD and THE PROPHET OF DUNE, amalgamated in the novel DUNE in 1965.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Orion
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0575081503
• ISBN 13: 9780575081505
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 624