This is the basic premise of Dune, but the story that follows is as multi-faced as it is ambitious. As Arrakis is the only place with the conditions to create spice, it is a Very Important Planet. Its chief political significance comes from the fact that the substance enables faster-than-light travel across the galaxy. Arrakis-with its harsh climate, gigantic sandworms, and understandably hostile populace known as the Fremen-is not the sort of place those from the galaxy’s noble houses are clamoring to live, but is vitally significant as the galaxy’s only source of “the spice melange.” Spice is a drug that not only extends life, but also has the potential to give its users a prophetic, multidimensional awareness.

If you’ve been living under a sand mound, Dune is the story of Paul Atreides, a young man whose parents-Duke Leto and Lady Jessica-are given stewardship of desert planet Arrakis.

If you’ve never gotten around to reading the books (or if it’s been awhile since a re-read), now is the perfect time to curl up for to listen to the original story before its adaptation hits theaters and HBO Max in October-and we have a giveaway to help!

This giveaway is hosted in partnership withįrank Herbert’s Dune is one of the most popular and celebrated science fiction sagas of all time and, soon, it will be getting a modern big-budget feature film adaptation, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Oscar Isaac, and Rebecca Ferguson and directed by Denis Villeneuve.

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