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Dune: House Atreides
- Dune: Prelude to Dune, Book 1
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 26 hrs and 26 mins
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Summary
Working from recently discovered files left by his father, Brian Herbert and best-selling novelist Kevin J. Anderson bring us Dune: House Atreides, the prequel, which captures all the complexity and grand themes of the original work while weaving a new tapestry of great passion and momentous destiny into a saga that expands the tale written by Frank Herbert more than 30 years ago.
It is the year 10,154 of the Imperial Calendar, and for four decades the planet Arrakis - called Dune by its inhabitants - has been ruled by the Harkonnen family. But the seeds of change have been sown. On Arrakis, an idealistic young planetologist, Pardot Kynes, goes out into the desert to learn the secrets of its giant sandworms and the priceless Spice they create. And on another planet, Caledon, young Leto Atreides is nearly ready to become duke. The blood feud between House Atreides and House Harkonnen is about to begin.
Drawing on notes, outlines and correspondence Frank Herbert left behind at his death, House Atreides is a breathtaking story of war, treachery, decadence and steadfastness in the face of overwhelming odds.
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- paul rushton
- 29-10-21
just plane brilliant
this is the first Dune book I've read and I'm blown away. looking forward to the next in the prequels. then on to the original series.
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- Ceeb
- 11-05-23
Great start to a prequel.
Loved the Dune books when I read them many years ago.
I initially struggled with this audible as I’m not a fan of the Narration or the narrator. I’ve really struggle over the years with American narrators. To me it’s flat with no noticeable difference in characters. Best American narrator to date has to be Will Wheaton.
Be careful listening to this book Scott Brick the perfect tone (not unlike white noise) to send you to sleep. So use that timer.
You can see where Frank Herbert was going with the story. Going to take a break from this series.
The epilogue was extremely interesting. It should the passion of Brian and Kevin to do this universe justice.
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- Magnet
- 23-03-23
Fantastic read
Wasn’t sure what to expect from this but can honestly say that as a Dune fan, this was brilliant! It filled in some back stories in really wonderful and inventive ways. I didn’t want it to end.
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- Daniel Lee
- 04-10-21
An absolute must!!
I loved every second of this book. Not only was it wonderfully written, but it was wonderfully narrated. If you’re a fan of the series, or if you’re just getting into it, you can’t go wrong with this book.
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- scattie nellie
- 25-10-23
Dune
A really long story that you had to keep you attention as it went from 1 household to another. The cloak and dagger going on behind the scenes was at times hard to keep up. I did enjoy it but before I started it I made sure I had a lot of time to listen to it.
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- Rocketdog
- 04-02-24
A suitable prequel
Brilliant work and a suitable prequel to a sci-fi great. Long awaited and worth it.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-01-22
Great Story and Characters
I really enjoyed this audio book. Having read the paperback years ago, I wanted to revisit the prequel stories particularly in the wake of the Dune part 1 film. While many of the purists in the Dune fandom dislike many of the entries in the series post Frank Herbert I really enjoy these prequels. Although I agree that they are less cerebral and philosophical than Frank's books they still tell a good story and are arguably more accessible to a new audience unfamiliar with the original Dune novels.
For people unfamiliar with the Dune saga, if you enjoyed the action and political intrigue of Game of Thrones you will like this prequel series.
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- S. Carlin
- 21-07-21
Epic
I was a bit nervous about this as it was the first book I have experienced which was not written by the great Frank Herbert himself, but my nervousness ended very early on. True to the form, this is an epic tale which crosses houses and fills in some of the back story behind Dune. Well worth a read or a listen, or both.
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- Simon Gwatkin
- 27-10-21
Another Great Addition
Now we need Sandworms and Hinters of Dune to be made available on Audible so we have the full saga.
Please continue to record what the rest of Brian Herbert's Dune books.
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- Karl
- 27-03-21
Didn’t want it to end
Enjoyed this immensely. I hope they will be brave enough to go it alone as there is so much more exploration of the characters and storylines brought up that need to be concluded before getting to the first Dune novel.
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