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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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awesomeness

awesomeness, great narration, loved the different actors in different chapters, and it's a true classic.

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overall a great book and audiobook

well narrated, well acted, but a little off-putting having the voice of characters swap between the narrator and actor.

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awesome.

Amazing. Top-tier fiction, top tier performance. a lot of effort went into this and it's definitely worth the money.

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Dune Narration

If I were producing Dune for audiobooks, I would use two narrators. The first for the Princess Irulan epigraphs and the second for the main narrative. The full cast is distracting.

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Sadly performance mixture

Sadly this audiobook is a mixture of great voice acting and a single person reading. Also there is a recording error. chapter , 25, 2m12s

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I now understand the appeal

after seeing the recent movie my curiosity got the better of me and decided to pick up this book. I really enjoyed the movie and I look forward to seeing part two even after finishing this book. there's a unique way of storytelling that takes a little getting used to but I ended up appreciating by the book's end.

The main issue I had with this book is the performance. They have a cast to do dialogue but seem to only do it in select chapters or scenes and not through the whole book. So you will switch between the narrator and a cast member doing a voice for a character throughout the series. It's inconsistent and can even be distracting at times. Both the narrator and the cast do a great job though. I just wish they picked one method of reading dialogue.

in the end I really enjoyed it. I will probably pick up the next book because I do want to know more. And I will patiently wait for the next movie and enjoy the casting decisions for the various characters we've yet to meet.

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A great performance for a twisted story

The performance was almost too good I guess. I kept getting distracted by the performance and lost track of the story in a few places!

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perfect scifi

Simply one of the greatest works of the sci Fi cannon.
Narration is good with voice actors doing dialogue at key points

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Good story, but voices should've been consistent

The only drawback to this book is that the voice acting should've been consistent throughout the book. I mean you hear the Baron's voice and then the narrator's acting of thr Baron. With all due respect for the narrator's work... but... it doesn't come close.

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Dune is an amazing journey

This book is an amazing start to a great series. The reading was well produced. There is nothing I do not like about this book. A must read for Sci-Fi fans.

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