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010			_a 2022218559
020			_a9781473233959
082			_a813.54 _bHER/D
100			_aHerbert, Frank
245	1	0	_aDune
260			_aLondon _bGollancz _c1965
300			_a608 p.
500			_aThree-issue limited series.
520			_aDune 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. 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	_aExtraterrestrial beings
650		0	_aInterplanetary voyages
650		7	_aExtraterrestrial beings.
650		7	_aInterplanetary voyages.
700	1		_aMacchio, Ralph,
700	1		_aSienkiewicz, Bill,
700	1		_aHerbert, Frank.
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