Dune / Frank Herbert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herbert, Frank

Contributor:

Schoenherr, John, illustrator.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Herbert, Frank. Dune chronicles ; bk. 1.

The Dune chronicles ; Bk. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dune (Imaginary place)--Fiction.

Dune (Imaginary place).

Life on other planets--Fiction.

Life on other planets.

Genre:

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copies)

Physical Description:

535 pages : map ; 18 cm.

Edition:

Special twenty-fifth anniversary edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ace Books, 1990.

Summary:

Here, in a beautiful new hardcover edition, is the novel that to this day continues to shape modern science fiction. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, a world more awesome than any other in literature, Dune begins the story of the man known as Maud'dib -- and of a great family's plan to bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.

A stunning blend of adventure, mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction. Frank Herbert's death in 1986 was a tragic loss, yet the astounding legacy of his visionary fiction will live forever.

Contents:

Dune

Maud'Dib

Appendix I: Ecology of Dune

Appendix II: Religion of Dune

Appendix III: Report on Bene Gessereit motives and pruposes

Appendix IV:Almanak en-Ashraf (selected excerpts of the Noble Houses)

Terminology of the Imperium

Map.

Notes:

"Ace science fiction"--Spine.

Cover art by John Schoenherr.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copies presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 11577

ISBN:

0441172717

OCLC:

965596117