Dune

House Atreides is granted control of Arrakis, the only source of the spice melange, and the transfer turns out to be a trap; what follows reshaped science fiction. Frank Herbert built the novel on desert ecology, imperial politics, religion used as an instrument, and the question of what a people do with a messiah once they have made one. Fremen culture, sandworms and the economics of spice are worked out in enough detail to carry the story, and the appendices extend the world well past the final chapter. What earned its reputation: • The founding novel of the Dune Chronicles • Ecology, religion and imperial politics treated as one system • Appendices covering terminology, ecology and the great houses • A standard reference point for later science fiction and film Essential for science fiction readers and for newcomers arriving from the films, available in English at Boipoka.