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The Great Dune Trilogy
28/11/2005 . Source: Geoff Willmetts 
This book encases all three of these books into a single volume, together with all the appendixes for you to get a firm grasp of the planet Arrakis, its customs and language. Buy from Amazon US - Buy from Amazon UK
nb: US titles may only be available from Amazon US, and UK titles from Amazon UK. Buy The Great Dune Trilogy in the USA - or Buy The Great Dune Trilogy in the UK 
This book encases all three of these books into a single volume, together with all the appendixes for you to get a firm grasp of the planet Arrakis, its customs and language. In standard size, this would be a difficult volume to open without breaking the spine. At enlarged paperback format, a lot easier but a lot harder to carry in your bag. Still, there must be someone out there who doesn't own a copy or who needs to replace their worn out editions and this is also at a neat enough price to make it a bargain.
For those who've been sleeping in another galaxy, the 'Dune Trilogy' or at least, the three opening volumes which author Frank Herbert expanded upon later, covers the rise of Paul Attrides in his role as messiah to the desert planet Arrakis also called Dune and its importance to the empire for supplying melange, a spice that can be used for astro-navigation or heightened senses amongst its inhabitants. It is also a story of inter-house squabbling, death, betrayal and love. In 1965, it was ground-breaking for its depth and detail in bringing this world to life. It wasn't until much later that readers discovered how much Frank Herbert had cribbed off of Arabic and other sources in terms of research but this made it even more popular rather than the reverse. If anything, I suspect other authors would have had to have taken a similar route if they had to understand a people who lived in a desert environment. Looking back with 21th century sensibilities, one would still have to wonder how such a barren planet had enough of an ecology to sustain a viable atmosphere and ecology but as later books showed, even Herbert had to revise some of his earlier material to account for such problems.
If you were too young to remember when these three books first came out but still haven't gotten around to reading them and you're an SF fan, then there is simply no excuse to miss this out now. The 'Dune' books left an enormous legacy for Science Fiction fans and has an ageless quality that has kept it in print for over 40 years. Read and find out for yourself.
GF Willmetts
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