Dune (Record no. 64173)
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fixed length control field | 01885nam a2200253 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
ISBN | 9781473233959 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 813.54 |
Item number | HER/D |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
Personal name | Herbert, Frank |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Dune |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication | London |
Name of publisher | Gollancz |
Year of publication | 1965 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Number of Pages | 608 p. |
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
General note | Three-issue limited series. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc | 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 saga. In 2003, it was described as the world's best-selling science fiction novel.<br/><br/>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. |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Extraterrestrial beings |
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Interplanetary voyages |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Extraterrestrial beings. |
650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical Term | Interplanetary voyages. |
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Macchio, Ralph, |
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Sienkiewicz, Bill, |
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Herbert, Frank. |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | BK |
001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
control field | 11117205 |
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
LC control number | 2022218559 |
952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
Withdrawn status | |
Lost status |
Damaged status | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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Kannur University Central Library | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 25/02/2022 | 1799.00 | 813.54 HER/D | 56354 | BK |