Dune

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Size: 36 x 50 cm. Dune is a 1986 original vintagecover artwork for the first Hungarian edition of Frank Herbert s classic sci fi Dune Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine It tied with Roger Zelazny s This Immortal for the Hugo Award in 1966 and it won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel It is the first installment of the Dune Chronicles In 2003 it was described as the world s best selling science fiction novel Dune is set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which various noble houses control planetary fiefs It tells the story of young Paul Atreides whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland it is the only source of melange or spice a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities Melange is also necessary for space navigation which requires a kind of multidimensional awareness and foresight that only the drug provides As melange can only be produced on Arrakis control of the planet is a coveted and dangerous undertaking The story explores the multilayered interactions of politics religion ecology technology and human emotion as the factions of the empire confront each other in a struggle for the control of Arrakis and its spice. N° de ref. del artículo 6732

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