Author: Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert, 1920 - 1986
Frank Herbert is the author of more than twenty novels, among them 1965's Dune, a classic of the science fiction genre. Herbert grew up in Washington state and spent most of his life along the Pacific coast, where he worked in newspapers, TV and radio before writing short stories and novels in the late 1950s.
Dune, first serialized in a magazine in 1964, went on to win Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best Novel and placed Herbert in the upper tier of American sci-fi authors.
Dune tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, which is the 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 story explores the complex and multilayered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, as forces of the Empire confront each other for control of Arrakis and its spice.
Herbert continued the Dune saga with five further titles.
Audio Books by Frank Herbert
| Title, Narrator(s) | Format | Book Ref., ISBN | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dune narrated by Multiple Narrators |
CD | DIR2179 978 1 4074 2448 4 |
£29.35 |  |
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