{"product_id":"dune-2","title":"Dune","description":"                                            The Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch-enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into administering the desert planet of Dune. Although it is almost completely without water, Dune is a planet of fabulous wealth, for it is the only source of a drug prized throughout the Galactic Empire. The Duke and his son, Paul, are expecting treachery and it duly comes - but from a shockingly unexpected place.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen Paul succeeds his father and he becomes a catalyst for the native people of Dune, whose knowledge of the ecology of the planet gives then vast power. They have been waiting for a leader like Paul Atreides, a leader who can harness that force...\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDUNE: one of the most brilliant science fiction novels ever written, as engrossing and heart-rending today as it was when it was first published half a century ago.\u003cbr\u003eFrank Herbert (1920 - 1986) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first sci-fi story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in analog of DUNE WORLD and THE PROPHET OF DUNE, amalgamated in the novel DUNE in 1965.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrevious titles:\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreat Dune Trilogy (TPB March 06);\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDune;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDune Messiah;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChildren of Dune;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGod Emperor of Dune;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeretics of Dune;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChapter House Dune;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhite Plague;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMan of Two Worlds;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGod Makers;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEye;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDragon in the Sea;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSoul Catcher;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhipping Star;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSantaroga Barrier;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeaven Makers;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDosadi Experiment;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEyes of Heisenberg;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGreen Brain;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJesus Incident;\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLazarus Effect\r\n                                        ","brand":"Dune","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42343417151679,"sku":"9780575081505","price":34.19,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/YvRqe2okQCTOCmf181ZLBjA6K7Q3G1FnOQRbBjyi71iV6w_60_60.jpg?v=1683261783","url":"https:\/\/www.popweasel.co.nz\/products\/dune-2","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}