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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
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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)

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The best audio version of Dune

Dune is amazing and this audio book version is as well, however it could be better. The switch over from voice actors to narrator can be jarring, particularly with the Baron. At one point I thought the Baron was a body double as the voice changed and was confused.

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bad narration

good story bad narration different people voice same character mid conversation good voice actors bad directing

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pretty good

a pretty good book.that does well on expanding it's on universe and explaining then politics.

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great book

The book is great. the use of the different voices are great, I just wished it was used more consistently throughout. It gets a little confusing for someone that pays attention to people's voices. Other than that, great!

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Amazing!

Loved it!!! Perhaps the longest book I have ever listened to. It was very well performed and kept the story going in a very intriguing way.

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Very good, in spite of the performance.

I've never been a fan of dramatized audiobooks. This one had potential to be a good one. Unfortunately, they decided to mix a sparing amount of an excellent cast with an excellent narrator, and the whole thing is a bit messy. The cast is only present for certain "scenes" and the rest of the time the narrator provides the voices. It seems the narrator was not a part of the cast portions; his voices are usually quite different. This is most evident in the Barron and Stilgar. Some my find it jarring, I was able to put up with it.

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One of the best science fiction book

Dune is one of the classic science fiction book . Great world building of dunes and sandworms .It deserve another read .

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Fan-effing-tastic! on all accounts

I want to listen again and take notes! profound insights. relevant ideas. life lessons applicable to today's realities of power and purpose. it was like listening to a movie.

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No consistency in dialogue voices

I don’t understand why they chose to not include dialogue voices in many chapters. Was it a stylistic choice?

I love “Dune”, except for its rushed ending. We learn so much about characters and then they get minor rolls at the end: the Count, Alia, and what happened to Hera?

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classic sci fi by Frank Herbert

enjoyed re reading this by audio book. Voices captured the characters perfectly. Will read again soon.

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