Frank Herbert

//Frank Herbert
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  • Book V of the Dune Chronicles. Leto Atreides, the God Emperor of Dune, is dead. In the fifteen hundred years since his passing, the Empire has fallen into ruin. The great Scattering saw millions abandon the crumbling civilization and spread out beyond the reaches of known space. The planet Arrakis-now called Rakis-has reverted to its desert climate, and its great sandworms are dying. Now, the Lost Ones are returning home in pursuit of power. And as factions vie for control over the remnants of the Empire, a girl named Sheeana rises to prominence in the wastelands of Rakis, sending religious fervor throughout the galaxy. For she possesses the abilities of the Fremen sandriders-fulfilling a prophecy foretold by the late God Emperor...Cover art by Gerry Grace
  • The book which started a legend. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family tasked with ruling an inhospitable world where the only thing of value is the “spice” melange, a drug capable of extending life and enhancing consciousness. Coveted across the known universe, melange is a prize worth killing for...When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined. And as he evolves into the mysterious man known as Muad’Dib, he will bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream. DVD: (1984) Kyle MacLachlan; José Ferrer; Linda Hunt; Sting; Patrick Stewart; Max Von Sydow: preloved; ex-rental; very good condition; region 4
  • Twenty subtugs have been lost attempting to bring back oil from the undersea fields on the enemy's borders.  A brilliant psychologist-electronics expert is planted amid the crew of the subtug Ram to discover the reason.  And the reason becomes horrifyingly real when, miles deep in the ocean, the minds of the crew begin to crack...Cover art by Bruce Pennington.

  • An infinity of universes, each with their own strange stories...a future where space suits come with chastity belts; a planet where they have a new thrill, but will it ever replace sex? A good government must work, but what if it works too well? An alien culture who didn't want to change Earth...they just wanted to use it; The phobias of today translated into the fears of tomorrow...Eight of the best from the author of Dune. In this volume:  The Tactful Saboteur; Committee of the Whole; Old Rambling House; Mating Call; A-W-F Unlimited; The Featherbedders; The GM Effect; Escape Felicity.   Cover art by Steve Crisp.
  • It all began when the stranger walked into the small town. His face was always in the shadows, always turned from enquiring gazes. His face seemed to shimmer and change. No-one in town took much notice of the stranger with his odd fluid walk. People minded their own business...until the power that held the figure together began to weaken its impossible hold and the strange man began to lose his shape - and split into an infinity of parts! Cover art by Bruce Pennington.

  • Book VI of the Dune Chronicles. The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres. Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest - the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune’s power. Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade, the Bene Gesserit have colonised a green world on the planet Chapterhouse and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. And once they’ve mastered breeding sandworms, the Sisterhood will control the production of the greatest commodity in the known galaxy - the spice melange. But their true weapon remains a man who has lived countless lifetimes - a man who served under the God Emperor Paul Muad’Dib...Frank Herbert's final Dune novel.Cover art by Peter Goodfellow.
  • Book VI of the Dune Chronicles. The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. The remnants of the Old Empire have been consumed by the violent matriarchal cult known as the Honored Matres. Only one faction remains a viable threat to their total conquest - the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune’s power. Under the leadership of Mother Superior Darwi Odrade, the Bene Gesserit have colonised a green world on the planet Chapterhouse and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. And once they’ve mastered breeding sandworms, the Sisterhood will control the production of the greatest commodity in the known galaxy - the spice melange. But their true weapon remains a man who has lived countless lifetimes - a man who served under the God Emperor Paul Muad’Dib...Frank Herbert's final Dune novel.
  • Book IV of the Dune Chronicles. Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the once-desert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the world's savior, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, is still alive but far from human. To preserve humanity's future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him near immortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past thirty-five hundred years. Leto's rule is not a benevolent one. His transformation has made not only his appearance but his morality inhuman. A rebellion, led by Siona, a member of the Atreides family, has risen to oppose the despot's rule. But Siona is unaware that Leto's vision of a Golden Path for humanity requires her to fulfill a destiny she never wanted--or could possibly conceive... Cover art by Bruce Pennington.
  • A selection of shorts including the fable Frogs And Scientists in print here for the first time.  The other stories include: Rat Race; Dragon In The Sea; Cease Fire; A Matter Of Traces; Try To Remember; The Tactful Saboteur; The Road To Dune; By The Book; Seed Stock; Murder Will In; Passage For Piano; Death Of A City. With fabulous illustrations and cover art by Jim Burns.