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

Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins

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

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)

Split between full performance and narration

Dune is a true classic and listening to it in audio form is probably the best way to experience it. This is a fantastic audio book, and the actors used for the various parts are terrific. Sadly they are not used throughout the entirety of the book, but mostly when the characters are first introduced and then again for key parts of the story. The rest of the time the narrator does all the characters, with some changes to his voice to indicate who's speaking. He does a good job, but nowhere near as good as the full voice actors, and the inconsistency can be jarring. Still I would highly recommend this audiobook to any fan of science fiction.

Best sci-fi novel

I've heard so much about this series, my friend read the books for years so finally I decided to start listening to them, and I must say I am not dissapointed. Probably one of the best science fiction novels I've read.

The best production of ANY book to date

Audio Renaissance knocked one out of the park. The basic story is a solid 4 stars, but when you add the tremendous cast of voices and subtle background sound effects this audio book vaults into domination of all others. Yes, there are times when it seems they cut corners by having the narrator do some voices that are normally voiced by any of their dozen cast members, and that annoyed me greatly. The overall quality however combined with the phenomenal length of this book (20+ hours of entertainment) for the price of one credit ($15 at my plan) makes this an "A lister."

This audio book spoiled me. I loved the Rachael Morgan series and I am listening to Shadowheart by Tad Williams now, but Dune was so good that I find my attention wandering. It doesn't just raise the bar, it places it out of reach. I am glad there is an entire series of Dune audio books and I look forward to buying them all. Previous to buying this book I had never been a fan of Dune. I had no interest in seeing the movie when it came out. I never anted to read the books. I could hardly care less who Frank Herbert was. Now I am a convert. His writing skills are a pleasant blend of narrative and action, poetry (very minor usages of) and prose. He doesn't show off his extensive vocabulary (unlike another author mentioned in this review). He explains, paints a world, tells the story--and leaves the rest to you.

This book is a must have. I hope I can find other audio books that hold up to this level of quality. I suppose I should probably look into other productions by Audio Renaissance.

fantastic

couldn't stop listening, like a movie in my head. highly recommended to anybody on this planet

Amazing

Great performance and amazing story. Scifi classic. 7 more words to go. 2 1

EXCELLENT

I have been a die-hard fan of the Dune lore for 35 years. I'm over the moon that they created this wonderful audible book of one of science fiction's greatest accomplishments.
Frank Herbert was a genius.

One of my favorites

This book has been one of my favorite stories since it came out. It is a wonderful read.

Fantastic!!

To hear this Scfi journey of growth and revenge read to me is incredible..long live Dune..in my mind.

Outstanding

I started with Dune after the Lynch film. It was frustrating, I love the book.

Good audiobook of a classic Sci-fi novel

What made the experience of listening to Dune the most enjoyable?

The character narrations helped make the story arcs flow better in audio than when reading

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I just enjoyed it