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Dune

by Frank Herbert

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Dune · Book 1TM 757,375 · Series ↗Space opera ↗Ecology & environments ↗Power & politics ↗
Earliest known edition
1965
Selected edition
hardcover
Pages in this edition
507
English editions
64 ↗
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1965 · Chilton Books · eng

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The Duke must exchange his planet. Instead of his own lovely domain, rich and well-watered, he, his wife and son must move to and accept a barren desert planet, where a drop of water is worth its weight in platinum.

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Catalogued editions of Dune
EditionPublicationFormatPagesSource
Dune Ebook Collection2012unknown—Open Library ↗
DuneMay 15, 1980unknown—Open Library ↗
Dune.1972unknown—Open Library ↗
Dune (Dune by Frank Herbert, Narrated by George Guidall)1965audiobook—Open Library ↗
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Discovery notes

Up to five themes per book, supported by catalogue subjects or a cited editorial review.

Ecology & environments ↗

Editorial review: The publisher identifies environmentalism as central to the story on Arrakis. View evidence ↗

Power & politics ↗

Editorial review: The publisher identifies politics and dynastic ambition as central themes. View evidence ↗

Space opera ↗

Editorial review: Reviewed as space opera: the publisher describes an epic planetary saga within an imperial struggle. View evidence ↗

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Dune (Imaginary place)FictionFiction, science fiction, generalDune (imaginary place), fictionNew York Times reviewedScience fictionScience-fictionAmerican literaturenyt:mass-market-monthly=2021-11-07New York Times bestselleraward:nebula_award=novelnyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2021-11-07Hugo Award Winneraward:hugo_award=1966award:hugo_award=novelAmerican Science fictionLong Now Manual for CivilizationEcologyFantasy fictionLarge type books

Series names in source records

These are unverified catalogue strings. They do not establish a reading order.

  • Dune Chronicles, Book 1
  • TM 757,375
  • Dune
  • Dune #1
  • Dune (1)
  • Dune chronicles -- bk. 1
  • The Dune saga -- v.1