Dune

　　Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. 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 it undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.

作者簡介

法蘭克．赫伯特（Frank Herbert）（1920-1986）

　　深具影響力的美國科幻巨匠，早年經歷 豐富，曾任電台播報員、潛水採蠔人、野外求生教練、編輯與記者等工作。赫伯特從1952年開始在科幻雜誌上發表文章，一生留下超過四十篇長短科幻作品。代 表作《沙丘》耗時六年構思，曾遭到退稿二十次，於1964年出版後立即獲得廣大迴響，得獎無數，成為歐美世界最受歡迎的科幻史詩。他後續又創作五本沙丘續 集，建構出一個完整的宇宙。他在1986年完成第五本續集後即因胰臟癌去世，享年六十六歲。

　　Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobs--including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of several West Coast newspapers--before becoming a full-time writer. He died in 1986.