God Emperor of Dune

Name: God Emperor of Dune
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Frank Herbert
ISBN: 9780450052620

Frank Herbert

01/04/1982
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

NC (0 avis)

Couverture de God Emperor of Dune par Frank Herbert

Résumé

Revue de presse Unique among SF novels . . . I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings. (Arthur C. Clarke on DUNE)One of the landmarks of modern science fiction . . . an amazing feat of creation. (Analog on DUNE) Présentation de l'éditeur He alone understands the future, knows with a terrible certainty that the evolution of his race is at an end unless he can breed new qualities into the species. Yet he knows also that these new and vital forces can only prove themselves through the fateful process of his own destruction.The stunning fourth Dune novel. Biographie de l'auteur Frank Herbert was born in 1920 and spent most of early life in the Pacific Northwest of America. He was a professional photographer, journalist and occasional oyster-diver; he also had stints as a radio news commentator and jungle survival instructor. Though he is best known for Dune, he was also the author of several other important science fiction novels including The Green Brain, The Dragon in the Sea and The White Plague. He was awarded the Nebula and Hugo Awards - the highest literary accolades in the world of science fiction - for Dune. He died in 1986.