The Dune Audio Collection

Name: The Dune Audio Collection
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Frank Herbert
ISBN: 9780060845872

Author: Frank Herbert

Narrator: Frank Herbert

Abridged: 3 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Caedmon

Published: 04/24/2007

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Read by the author, this compilation of key excerpts from the brilliant Dune trilogy is melded with connective text written by Frank Herbert specifically for these recordings. It includes selections from Dune: The Banquet Scene, Sandworms of Dune, The Battles of Dune, and The Truths of Dune: Fear is the Mind Killer.

About Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert's speculative fictions have taken the grand themes and questions of politics, ecology, overpopulation, and much more and applied them to the human drama. His most popular works are the well-known Dune books: Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, and the extraordinary bestseller God Emperor of Dune. He wrote more than twenty other works of fiction and nonfiction, including a book on home computers, before his death in 1986.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Henry on August 01, 2017

The Dune books have always been one of my favorite series ever and this was amazing chance to hear Frank Herbert read selected passages in his own way. It makes me want go back and read them all again.......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on October 30, 2020

Very nice to be able to listen to excerpts of Herbert’s Dune novels read by the author himself. The recording seems a little sped up for some reason. It sounds a little better and more natural when played at about 0.8x speed. I’m guessing the recordings were sped up originally to fit on LP records,......more

Goodreads review by Thom on December 25, 2020

This was snipettes of the first three Dune books. It was not really a coherent story or storyline.......more

Goodreads review by Max on May 05, 2022

Interesting to hear the author himself read some of the scenes. I didn’t know what i was getting with this, but it was decent. It’s nice to relive key moments, and his own touch on reading was great. It’s for super fans. The production is pretty low quality, and Herbert is a much better story writer......more

Goodreads review by Graham on February 15, 2024

Definitely a must-listen audiobook for anyone who loves the Dune universe. It's intriguing to hear the author himself read some of the best excerpts from the first few novels. The best of all is his reading of the banquet scene from Dune. The only real bummer is that Herbert does indeed pronounce At......more