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Dune

Book One in the Dune Chronicles

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Dune

By: Frank Herbert
Narrated by: Scott Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, Ilyana Kadushin, Byron Jennings, David R. Gordon, Jason Culp, Kent Broadhurst, Oliver Wyman, Patricia Kilgarriff, Scott Sowers
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Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad'dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family—and would 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. Frank Herbert's death in 1986 was a tragic loss, yet the astounding legacy of his visionary fiction will live forever.

Long-listed, Audible.com Best of the Year, 2007

Long-listed, Audible.com 100 Audible Essentials, 2007

Audie Award winner, 2008

Adventure Classics Epic Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera
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Critic Reviews

“Unique...I know nothing comparable to it except Lord of the Rings.” —Arthur C. Clarke

“One of the monuments of modern science fiction.” —Chicago Tribune

“Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious.” —Robert A. Heinlein

“A portrayal of an alien society more complete and deeply detailed than any other author in the field has managed...a story absorbing equally for its action and philosophical vistas...An astonishing science fiction phenomenon.” —The Washington Post
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Frank Herbert's grand story barely feels like science fiction. Prepare to feel overwhelmed by the scope of story telling focusing on people, politics, planetary ecology and power struggles. Ideally it would be great to have the voice actors do every chapter, but what is here also works fine. Kudos to the voice actors and Frank Herbert for this, would strongly recommend.

An inspiring epic saga of a story

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The story seems fine, if not a little underwhelming. But 6 voice actors play specific characters in certain sections of the book, then the narrator plays the same parts in different sections. It really took me out of the story having two actors play the same character in vastly different ways.

Voice acting choices ruin the story

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I think anyone reading this review need not be told how epic Frank Herbert's tale is. His attention to detail and character building is among the best around.

The narration, however, was a mess. It starts great but half way through the voices for the different characters are performed by a voice actor AND the narrator. It's quite distracting and brings the whole experience down. I really hope they re record this book and do it the justice it deserves.

Epic story but the audio narration was a mess.

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Frank Herbert's "Dune" is a well loved, enduring and epic story. Has aged very well, despite being referenced (or outright stolen from) in more recent space adventures.

Sadly, the recording is not perfect. It switches from single reader to ensemble cast irregularly and without warning (main Narrator is excellent and should have just done the whole thing!)
There are also some editing issues with the starting syllable of many sentences being clipped or cut off entirely.
Both serve to break the flow and jolt one out of the story, which is a shame.

Great story

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A must listen heading into 2020 Denis Villeneuve Remake of Dune . Loved the multiple voice narrators for main Characters.

EPIC MASTER PIECE !!!

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