Dune

Hereisthenovelthatwillbeforeverconsideredatriumphoftheimagination.SetonthedesertplanetArrakis,DuneisthestoryoftheboyPaulAtreides,whowouldbecomethemysteriousmanknownasMuad'Dib.Hewouldavengethetraitorousplotagainsthisnoblefamily—andwouldbringtofruitionhumankind'smostancientandunattainabledream.Astunningblendofadventureandmysticism,environmentalismandpolitics,DunewonthefirstNebulaAward,sharedtheHugoAward,andformedthebasisofwhatitundoubtedlythegrandestepicinsciencefiction.