Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection: Books 1 - 6
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4.2 • 151 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike—this eBook collection includes all six original novels in the Dune Saga written by Frank Herbert.
DUNE IS NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Momoa, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, David Dastmalchian, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem.
In the far future, on a remote planet, an epic adventure awaits. Here are the first six novels of Frank Herbert’s magnificent Dune saga—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction series of all time.
The Dune Saga begins on the desert planet Arrakis with the story of the boy Paul Atreides—who would become known as Muad’Dib—and of a great family’s ambition to bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream....
Includes Books 1 - 6: DUNE • DUNE MESSIAH • CHILDREN OF DUNE • GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE • HERETICS OF DUNE • CHAPTERHOUSE: DUNE
Customer Reviews
IT GETS GOOD AFTER THE FOURTH SEASON LOL
I started rereading these and reading for the first time the last two. I can’t believe what a difference 20 years makes in remembering what was first read but, more than that, UNDERSTANDING what was written. A more mature mind and all of a sudden the theater of the mind was clearer, in focus, and brazen. Although just stories with extreme depths of morality and culture, the last two kep me rapt with attention. I felt myself actually WANTING to get back to the story after having nervous butterflies in my stomach all day going over what I had learned the night before. And loving it.
Important, but not very enjoyable
I did enjoy the first book, but by the end of book 3 Herbert's idiosyncracies as an author had really started to irritate me. By the end of book 6, I was more than ready to be finished. Without a doubt, this series is important, and there are plenty of fascinating ideas within - prescience, fate, Other memory, gholas/gholahood/reincarnation. You'll have plenty of food for thought while reading these books.
But there are almost no likeable characters, and the series is unlikeable as a result. It's dry, humorless - thoroughly joyless. The dialogue is frequently unintelligible. Seriously, *unintelligible*.
If you're going to cross this literary Sahara, I'd recommend taking an intro to the work of Carl Jung with you. Herbert was clearly profoundly influenced by Jung, and it would be nearly impossible to understand much of what happens in the books without some degree of familiarity with his ideas. But on the whole, I'd recommend just turning back now.
Dune Series by Frank Herbert.
In one word…Mesmerizing!