Dune World

by Frank Herbert

Dune World was the original title of the Dune story by Frank Herbert. It was published serially in Analog magazine with the sequel story, The Prophet of Dune. These stories were later collected and published as Dune.

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First published December 1, 1963

About the author

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire series is considered to be among the classics of the genre.

Reviews

[Perry Middlemiss · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a three-part serial in Analog and is the first half of Herbert's major novel DUNE. The second half was published in Analog as well in the first 5 months of 1965, with the final novel appearing later that year and winning the Hugo Award and initial Nebula Award in 1966. In the far future the galaxy is ruled by a Emperor above a number of Houses who have the main commercial and political control. House Atreides has been ordered to take over the planet of Arrakis from House Harkonnen and to therefore control the production of melange, a spice only found on Arrakis and which is critical to the functioning of the Empire. But it's all a trap. R: 4.5/5.0