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Author
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H |
Frank
Herbert |
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Title
Index
D |
Dune |
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| Year |
1965 |
| Publisher |
New
English
Library
(Victor Gollancz) |
| ISBN |
0441172717 |
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Synopsis
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Dune
tells the sweeping
tale of a desert
planet called
Arrakis, the focus
of an intricate
power struggle in
a byzantine
interstellar
empire. Arrakis is
the sole source of
Melange, the
"spice of
spices."
Melange is
necessary for
interstellar
travel and grants
psychic powers and
longevity, so
whoever controls
it wields great
influence.
The troubles
begin when
stewardship of
Arrakis is
transferred by the
Emperor from the
Harkonnen Noble
House to House
Atreides. The
Harkonnens don't
want to give up
their privilege,
though, and
through sabotage
and treachery they
cast young Duke
Paul Atreides out
into the planet's
harsh environment
to die. There he
falls in with the
Fremen, a tribe of
desert dwellers
who become the
basis of the army
with which he will
reclaim what's
rightfully his.
Paul Atreides,
though, is far
more than just a
usurped duke. He
might be the end
product of a very
long-term genetic
experiment
designed to breed
a super human; he
might be a
messiah. His
struggle is at the
center of a nexus
of powerful people
and events, and
the repercussions
will be felt
throughout the
Imperium. |
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Review
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Winner
of the Hugo and
Nebula Awards
'Dune seems to
me unique among
science fiction
novels in the
depth of its
charactarisation
and the
extraordinary
detail of the
world it
creates. I
know nothing
comparable to it
except The Lord of
the Rings.'
Arthur C Clarke |
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Credit:
NASA
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The
View from
Lookout
Point
From a
ridgeline
vantage
point
overlooking
slopes,
valleys
and
plains,
NASA's
Mars
Exploration
Rover
Spirit has
returned
its latest
color
panorama
of the
Martian
landscape.
The
approximately
true color
image
shows a
full
360-degree
view from
a site
informally
named
"Larry's
Lookout,"
about
halfway up
"Husband
Hill."
Spirit and
its twin,
Opportunity,
successfully
completed
three-month
primary
missions a
year ago.
In
extended
missions
since
then, they
have been
exploring
at
increasing
distances
from their
landing
sites. |
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NASA
Image of
the day
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