RECOMMENDED: 60th anniversary Frank Herbert – The Great Dune Trilogy – Dune/Dune Messiah/Children Of Dune – First Edition Set / 1966-76 - 2026

Dune was first published on October 1, 1965.

First edition, first printing; in its first state dust jacket, with four lines at bottom of rear jacket flap. Publisher's light blue boards, with titles in white to spine, and gray endpapers with wavy design; in its original dust jacket with wraparound illustration by John Schoenherr, and map of Dune on rear panel.
Frank Herbert began researching and writing the novel after visiting the sweeping sand dunes near Florence, Oregon. Two separate serials were published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, later combined and published together as Dune.

The novel was awarded the two most prestigious science fiction awards, the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. The best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and arguably the greatest, the novel has had an enormous influence on the science fiction genre, perhaps most notably with the Star Wars series. Frank Herbert added five sequels to the novel, Brian Herbert and the author Kevin J. Anderson published over a dozen more books in the series.

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The novel has a long history of film adaptations, including the aborted yet highly influential Alejandro Jodorowsky version, David Lynch's version in 1984, and the critically acclaimed Denis Villeneuve version released in 2021.

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Frank Herbert's Classic Novel Dune; Signed
 

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