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)

Great voice acting, but the actors change

Very well done, but the changing voice actors for the same characters was immersion breaking at times.

good interesting story but muddied with confusing random transitions of narrators.

Love the world and story of fighting a tyrannical enemy. The characters are all interesting in different ways and I liked seeing the dynamics. It is a bit slow at times with lots of conversations with characters and in their thoughts too. It was already sort of hard to follow and confusing enough with lots of characters to keep track of on top of all of their different names and titles they go by. And then to add to the confusion with the narration continuously changing. Terrible editing. I understand the couldn't get all the rights to it so then just leave them out entirely and pick only the one guy if they can. I couldn't understand most of it just because of the constant changes happening with narrators and having to catch up on who was even talking. The single narrator also pronouces normal every day words in such a fancy accented way a lot that it sounds like a bunch of new made up words and that is confusing since the author does make up a lot for this book already. I would love to hear it reread more straightforward entirely by someone new.

Excellent story but had random voice actor changes

The story and writing as absolutely top notch. I like sci-fi and fantasy and it was excellent. My only point of grief was that a cast of voice actors was sometimes used, and other times it was the narrator doing their voices. In a few places the swap was very abrupt, and I was confused if it was the same character or not.

Multiple Actors for Some Characters

I love this story but I almost couldn't finish this audiobook. Several main characters have multiple voice actors portraying them. Baron Harkonen, for example, has two distinctly different actors. I was very confused during the first third of the book until I figured this out. In one scene, he's speaking to another character. A few minutes later, the same two are speaking with each other in a different room. Both voice actors were replaced with different actors. It's ridiculous.

Phenomenal

Give it a listen if you are even the slightest bit into sci-fi. it may turn you into a diehard.

Gripping narrative.

My girlfriend got pissed at me for listening to this around the house with headphones instead of spending time with her. Worth it.

Fantastic story and epic performance!

I didn't want this audiobook to end! the story was amazing and the performance awesome!
The world is fantastic and detailed. I listened to this a couple of years ago and I'm listening to it again before continuing to the next in the series. It is well worth the time.

Fantastic

Incredible story and setting. I wish the actors voiced more chapters. ending was eh. still, I can see why it is hailed as a masterpiece

good book

good book, but the voices for the characters change throughout the book, and not in tune with the story.

Incredible story, and a great listen

One of the greatest stories I’ve ever listened to, this is truly a Tolkien level epic in a sci fi setting. The story is narrated well, however, sometimes the narrator does the voices of the characters, but in certain enhanced scenes, other voice actors portray the characters. It’s a bit confusing at first, but you’ll pick up on it quickly as you continue to listen.