The classic Dune trilogy, one of the most influential SF series ever written
'I know nothing comparable to it except
The Lord of the Rings'
Arthur C Clarke
I know nothing comparable to it except
The Lord of the Rings
It is possible that
Dune
is even more relevant now than when it was first published
An astonishing science fiction phenomenon
One of the monuments of modern science fiction
Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious
A novel of extraordinary complexity ... the work of a speculative intellect with few rivals in modern sf
A tight mesmerising fabric, interwoven with a potent element of mysticism ... intensely realised
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 into the Hugo and Nebula-winning novel DUNE in 1965.
Frank Herbert was een Amerikaanse sciencefiction schrijver die bekend staat om zijn werk, vooral zijn meest beroemde roman "Dune". Zijn werk had een grote invloed op het genre en de literaire wereld.
