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Line 23: '''''Dune''''' is a 1965 [[Epic (genre)\|epic]] [[science fiction]] novel by American author [[Frank Herbert]], originally published as two separate serials in ''[[Analog Science Fiction and Fact\|Analog]]'' magazine. It tied with [[Roger Zelazny]]'s ''[[This Immortal]]'' for the [[Hugo Award]] in 1966 and it won the inaugural [[Nebula Award for Best Novel]]. It is the first installment of the [[Dune (franchise)\|''Dune Chronicles'']]. In 2003, it was described as the world's best-selling science fiction novel.<ref name="RIF"/><!-- This is cited in the Critical reception section per [[WP:LEADCITE]], but here it is anyway. --> ''Dune'' is set in the distant future ~~amidst~~in a [[Feudalism\|feudal]] interstellar society in which various noble houses control planetary [[fief]]s. It tells the story of young [[Paul Atreides]], whose family accepts the stewardship of the planet [[Arrakis]]. While the planet is an inhospitable and sparsely populated desert wasteland, it is the only source of [[melange (fictional drug)\|melange]], or "spice", a drug that extends life and enhances mental abilities. Melange is also necessary for space navigation, which requires a kind of multidimensional awareness and foresight that only the drug provides. As melange can only be produced on Arrakis, control of the planet is a coveted and dangerous undertaking. The story explores the multilayered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, as the factions of the empire confront each other in a struggle for the control of Arrakis and its spice. Herbert wrote five [[sequel]]s: ''[[Dune Messiah]]'', ''[[Children of Dune]]'', ''[[God Emperor of Dune]]'', ''[[Heretics of Dune]]'', and ''[[Chapterhouse: Dune]]''. Following Herbert's death in 1986, his son [[Brian Herbert]] and author [[Kevin J. Anderson]] continued the series in over a dozen additional novels since 1999.

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