Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.

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 for Best Novel and won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966. It is the first installment of the Dune Chronicles.

It is one of the world's best-selling science fiction novels.

Dune by Frank Herbert first edition cover
Dune by Frank Herbert first edition cover (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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USA Oregon Dunes (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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Jodorowskys Dune (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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Frank Herbert 1984 (square) (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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