Science Fiction Frank Herbert Dune 1965 1st US DJ VG+ Hugo, Nebula Award

Description: Science Fiction Frank Herbert Dune 1965 1st US DJ VG+ Hugo, Nebula Award First US edition, first printing with "First Edition" on copyright page. "Maud'Dib" in table of contents instead of Muad Dib. Publisher: Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965. 6.25" x 9.25" Octavio [xxvi] 1-412 [i Author's bio] [i Blank]. Original light blue cloth with white titles stamped on spine. Pastedowns and endpapers are grey with swirl pattern. Clipped first issue first printing dust jacket with four lines at bottom of rear DJ flap. Jacket design by John Schoenherr. Book Condition: Very Good+ Spine edges are bumped. Binding is tight. Text is clean.Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+ Spine edges very lightly chipped. Dune is set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in which various noble houses control planetary fiefs. It tells the story of young Paul Atreides, whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet Arrakis. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of melange, or "spice", a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities. Melange is also necessary for space navigation, which requires a kind of multidimensional awareness and foresight that only the drug provides. As melange can only be produced on Arrakis, control of the planet is a coveted and dangerous undertaking. The story explores the multilayered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, as the factions of the empire confront each other in a struggle for the control of Arrakis and its spice. It tied with Roger Zelazny's This Immortal for the Hugo Award in 1966 and it won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. It is the first installment of the Dune Chronicles. In 2003, it was described as the world's best-selling science fiction novel.

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