Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank
Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine. It
tied with Roger Zelazny's This Immortal for the Hugo Award in 1966 and it
won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. It is the first installment of
the Dune saga. In 2003, it was described as the world's best-selling science
fiction novel.
Dune is set in the distant future amidst a feudal interstellar society in
which various noble houses control planetary fiefs. It tells the story of
young Paul Atreides, whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet
Arrakis.