The Great Dune Trilogy : Dune / Dune Messiah / Children of Dune

Herbert, Frank

ISBN 10: 0905712803 / ISBN 13: 9780905712802

Published by Heinemann / Octopus (1989), London, 1989

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Some foxing to page edges. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. No signatures or previous owner's markings. A nice copy.; 1989 reprint. Omnibus volume of the first three Dune novels, collected together in one volume: Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune. 910, [2 (blank)] pages. 1 double-page map. Black boards with white lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 221 x 144mm.

Seller Inventory # 27160

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Great Dune Trilogy : Dune / Dune Messiah / Children of Dune
• Publisher: Heinemann / Octopus (1989), London
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: Italian
• ISBN 10: 0905712803
• ISBN 13: 9780905712802
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

This collection of Frank Herbert's great novels, Dune, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune brings together three of the finest achievements of post-war science fiction. They are epic tales, full of excitement and intrigue, packed with memorable characters and scenes.

Dominated by a vast, treacherous desert world of Dune, the trilogy tells the story of Paul Atreides, prince turned revolutionary leader, who becomes the reluctant messiah to a fanatical religious movement that threatens an entire galactic empire. Opposing him are the malign sisterhood of the Bene Gesserit - who, unable to dominate the man they have made a god, set out to destroy him - and the Atreides' deadliest enemy, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen. Towering over everything is the planet itself, Frank Herbert's finest imaginative creation: a savagely hostile place inhabited only by giant sandworms and fierce natives.

Comparable only to Lord of the Rings, the Dune novels are among the most famous and widely read science fiction novels ever written. An epic Dune film is being prepared for Christmas 1984 release.