Dune is a science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, serialized in Analog from 1963 to 1965 and then published in book form later in 1965. The book is regarded as one of the greatest science fiction novels and is one of the most popular, having sold almost
interstellar ships to any part of the universe instantaneously. Melange can be obtained in only one place: the desert planet of Arrakis, also known as Dune. The inhabitants of Dune, a nomadic people called the Fremen, have a legend that tells of the coming of a messiah from another world....