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Kniha:
Dune
Autor:
Frank Herbert
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| Nakladatelství: | » Penguin Books Ltd |
| Médium / forma: | Tištěná kniha |
| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Počet stran: | 883 |
| Rozměr: | 190 x 107 x 58 mm |
| Jazyk: | anglicky |
| Vazba: | Knihy - paperback |
| Téma: | romány americké, originály anglické |
| Datum vydání: | 25. 7. 2011 |
| Nakladatelské údaje: | New York, Ace books, 1987 |
| ISBN: | 978-0-441-17271-9 |
| EAN: | 9780441172719 |
In 1965, after being rejected by more than a dozen publishing houses, a book called "Dune" was brought out by the Chilton Book Company. Its respected author, journalist Frank Herbert, had written "Dune" with nothing more in mind than to entertain his readers with the telling of a particularly complex story, one which had occupied his thoughts for more than six years. No one - not Herbert, not Chilton, not the science fiction community at the time - had any idea that "Dune" would be adopted and read by successive generations with a fervor bordering on cult worship. Or that it would prove to be merely the first of what have now become five international bestsellers about a desert world of the future - the planet Arrakis, called Dune.
Frank Herbert´s classic masterpiece-a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the "spice" melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for.... When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul´s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad´Dib, he will 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.
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FRANK HERBERT
8. 10. 1920 - 11. 2. 1986
Frank Herbert byl americký spisovatel, který se proslavil zejména svým románem Duna.
Frank Herbert se narodil v Tacomě ve státě Washington a vystudoval University of Washington v Seattlu. Byl člověkem mnoha řemesel. Živil se jako reportér, redaktor, profesionální fotograf a kameraman, komentoval pro lokální rádiové stanice, jezdil na moře jako lovec ústřic a dělal instruktora pro přežití v džungli.
