Dune
- Kategoria:
- fantasy, science fiction
- Cykl:
- Kroniki Diuny (tom 1)
- Wydawnictwo:
- Ace
- Data wydania:
- 1987-01-01
- Data 1. wydania:
- 1987-01-01
- Język:
- angielski
- ISBN:
- 0441172717
- Ekranizacje:
- Diuna (1984) Diuna część 1 (2021) Diuna część 2 (2024)
- Tagi:
- science fiction Frank Herbert Dune Diuna Arrakis Nebula Hugo
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 instalment of the Dune saga, and in 2003 was cited as the world's best-selling science fiction novel.
Set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which noble houses, in control of individual planets, owe allegiance to the Padishah Emperor, Dune tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose noble family accepts the stewardship of the desert planet Arrakis. As this planet is the only source of the "spice" melange, the most important and valuable substance in the universe, control of Arrakis is a coveted—and dangerous—undertaking. The story explores the multi-layered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, as the forces of the empire confront each other in a struggle for the control of Arrakis and its "spice".