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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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Publisher's summary

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

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

Audie Award winner, 2008

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling

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.

©1965 Frank Herbert (P)2007 Audio Renaissance, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC
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Critic reviews

Audie Award Winner, Science Fiction, 2008
Nebula Award winner, Best Novel, 1965
Hugo Award winner, Best Novel, 1966

"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)

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Excellent story & performance

Very gripping story; long & hard to put down. I’ve read long ago & seen both movies; the book is better than all. I highly recommend reading the book!

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Good

I like it its good and it is awesome and it is sick and it is cool

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Great Production

I’ve read the book several times and I’m glad I was able to listen to it with the performance piece embedded. Great voice actors.

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Best thing I’ve listened to ever!

This is definitely one of the best audiobooks of all time. Every night I fall listen to it and I can’t stop! Definitely 5 out of 5

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No one could ask for anything more. “Space opera” indeed!

Character voices so skilled and acted out so well. Narrators pleasing, easy listen. Periodic background electronic, ambient, non-percussive music is elegant, not distracting at all, but an enhancement and perfect mood setting to the story at that point. Even better are the quite frequent, distant environmental / wind sounds totally adding to all of the voices that bring this book alive. Quiet voice-only passages are the most dominant throughout - simple, enjoyable story telling that provides the basic pleasure.
And of course, there is the classic sci-fi, mind-expanding writing of Frank Herbert! Asking for more or better is pointless, and simply misses the idea and actual experience of an excellent audiobook listen.

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Amazing story, baffling production

This was a fantastic story that really hit the spot for me on my sci fi journeys. The movie was exceptional but the detail in the book was everything I hoped it would be and more.

The book itself is a 5, the performance thought was so stunningly inconsistent and poor it’s hard to believe. Audiobook performance ain’t rocket science, it’s been done well plenty. The voice acting was so inconsistent with characters having different voices sometimes detailed sometimes whatever. I don’t get it at all, wtf guys?

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I love this book!

I love this book! I have read it over 20 times, and I never get tired of it. Now I get to listen to it, and I love it even more. The narrator and voice actors really bring the book to life.

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Aged well

Has elements of mystique, drama and thrill. The climax felt a bit rushed compared to the overall pace of the book but it got me hooked and there was not a dull moment

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Best sci-fi author of all time?

All time best sci-fi author or not, he was way ahead of his game. The complexity and artful writing exemplifies high intellect and deep wisdom seldom seen in the genre, comparable only to Nickel's Fortune in it's vast scope of wit and tech. Narrators were great except for some minor inconsistencies. Dune- a real classic.

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Loved the performance

Have now read the paperback, and listened twice to this reading. Fantastic and captivating. Way to do the story justice

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