• DUNE: PART TWO • THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
Directed by Denis Villeneuve, screenplay by Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, based on the novel
Dune by Frank Herbert • Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Léa Seydoux, with Stellan Skarsgård, with Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem
Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time.Set on the desert planet Arrakis,
Dune is the story of 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.
A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics,
Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
On sale: August 2, 2005
Grade: Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
Page count: 704 Pages
ISBN: 9780441013593
Frank Herbert is the bestselling author of the Dune saga. He was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobs—including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of several West Coast newspapers—before becoming a full-time writer.
In 1952, Herbert began publishing science fiction with “Looking for Something?” in
Startling Stories. But his emergence as a writer of major stature did not occur until 1965, with the publication of
Dune.
Dune Messiah,
Children of Dune,
God Emperor of Dune,
Heretics of Dune, and
Chapterhouse: Dune followed, completing the saga that the
Chicago Tribune would call “one of the monuments of modern science fiction.” Herbert is also the author of some twenty other books, including
The White Plague,
The Dosadi Experiment, and
Destination: Void. He died in 1986.
Praise for Dune“I know nothing comparable to it except
The Lord of the Rings.”—Arthur C. Clarke
“It is possible that
Dune is even more relevant now than when it was first published.”—
The New Yorker “An astonishing science fiction phenomenon.”—
The Washington Post “One of the monuments of modern science fiction.”—
Chicago Tribune“Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious.”—Robert A. Heinlein
“Herbert’s creation of this universe, with its intricate development and analysis of ecology, religion, politics and philosophy, remains one of the supreme and seminal achievements in science fiction.”—
Louisville Times
