书目

Dune

内容简介

TheDukeofAtreideshasbeenmanoeuvredbyhisarch-enemy,BaronHarkonnen,intoadministeringthedesertplanetofDune.Althoughitisalmostcompletelywithoutwater,Duneisaplanetoffabulouswealth,foritistheonlysourceofadrugprizedthroughouttheGalacticEmpire.TheDukeandhisson,Paul,areexpectingtreachery,anditdulycomes-butfromashockinglyunexpectedplace.ThenPaulsucceedshisfather,andhebecomesacatalystforthenativepeopleofDune,whoseknowledgeoftheecologyoftheplanetgivesthemvastpower.TheyhavebeenwaitingforaleaderlikePaulAtreides,aleaderwhocanharnessthatforce...DUNE:oneofthemostbrilliantrsciencefictionnovelseverwritten,asengrossingandheart-rendingtodayasitwaswhenitwasfirstpublishedhalfacenturyago.

作者简介

FrankHerbert(1920-86)wasborninTacoma,WashingtonandworkedasareporterandlatereditorofanumberofWestCoastnewspapersbeforebecomingafull-timewriter.Hisfirstsfstorywaspublishedin1952butheachievedfamemorethantenyearslaterwiththepublicationinAnalogofDUNEWORLDandTHEPROPHETOFDUNE,amalgamatedinthenovelDUNEin1965.

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