Dune · Book 1
Dune
- Published
- 1 January 1965
- Pages
- 605
- ISBN-13
- 9780736692403
- Type
- novel
About this book
Dune is the book that started it all: the first entry in Frank Herbert's Dune series, published in 1965 at 605 pages. It's followed here by Dune Messiah, in a series that would run to six books through 1985.
Its place in Dune
Dune is book 1 in the Dune series. It is followed by Dune Messiah. See the full Dune reading order.
Dune follows the fall and rise of House Atreides after Duke Leto is given stewardship of Arrakis, the desert planet that is the only source of melange — the spice that extends life, sharpens the mind, and makes interstellar travel possible. When the rival House Harkonnen destroys the Atreides in a sudden betrayal, Leto's son Paul and his mother Jessica flee into the deep desert and are taken in by the Fremen, Arrakis's fierce native people. There, prophecy, politics, and Paul's own awakening powers begin to…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780441172719
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780575122796
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781399611176