Dune: House Atreides: Uncorrected Page Proofs

Author: Brian Patrick Herbert (1947- ) and Kevin James Anderson inscribed by both authors

Year: 1999

Publisher: Bantam Books

Place: New York, Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland

Description:

[xii]+607 pages with genealogical table. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers. Inscribed by both authors and dated 8/26/99 four months prior to publication in October to title. Book mark promoting The Winds of Dune signed by both authors laid in. Uncorrected page Proofs.

Dune: House Atreides is a 1999 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. It is the first book in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy, which takes place before the events of Frank Herbert's celebrated 1965 novel Dune. The Prelude to Dune novels draw from notes left behind by Frank Herbert before his death.

The novel begins 35 years before the events of the original Dune. Three interconnected narratives revolve around heir-apparent to House Atreides Leto, acting governor of Arrakis Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, and Imperial Crown Prince Shaddam. Side plots involve a young Duncan Idaho escaping enslavement at the hands of House Harkonnen, a young planetologist Pardot Kynes befriending the Fremen native to Arrakis, and the Bene Gesserit's troubles producing a child from the union between the Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam and Vladimir Harkonnen.

Condition:

Inscribed to title page. Light edge wear, corners gently bumped, spine lightly sunned else near fine.