num_pages: 535
description: Librarian's note: There are Alternate Cover Editions for this edition of this book here, here, here and here.Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family--and would bring to fruition humankind's most ancient and unattainable dream.A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what it undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
language: English
title: Dune
titlecomplete: Dune
characters: Shaddam IV, Vladimir Harkonnen, Stilgar, Paul Atreides, Gurney Halleck, Leto Atreides, Duncan Idaho, Lady Jessica, Alia Atreides
genres: Audiobook, Novels, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Classics, Adult, Fiction, Adventure, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space Opera
ratings_count: 1260963
places: Sietch Tabr, Caladan, Arrakin, Arrakis, Giedi Prime, Harko
series: Dune, Dune Universe
awards: awardedAt: -126201600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: -157737600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Seiun Award 星雲賞
category: Best Foreign Novel
publisher: Ace/Berkley Books