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To the people whose labours go beyond ideas into the realm of 'real materials' - to the dry-land ecologists, wherever they may be, in whatever time they work, this effort at prediction is dedicated in humility and admiration.  | |
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Es en el momento de empezar cuando hay que cuidar atentamente que los equilibrios queden establecidos de la manera más exacta. En la semana que precedió a la partida hacia Arrakis, cuando el frenesí de los últimos preparativos había alcanzado un nivel casi insoportable, una vieja mujer acudió a visitar a la madre del muchacho, Paul. A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. | |
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I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them. The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realize about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche. A system has order, a flowing from point to point. If something dams the flow, order collapses. The untrained miss the collapse until too late. That's why the highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences. The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows — a wall against the wind. This is the willow's purpose. | |
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- ¿Tan poco conoces a mi hijo? - susurró Jessica-. Mira a esa princesa inmóvil, allí, tan orgullosa y segura de sí misma. Dicen que tiene pretensiones literarias. Esperemos que puedan llenar su existencia, porque va a tener muy poca cosa más. - Se le escapó una amarga sonrisa-. Piensa en ello, Chani: esa princesa tendrá el nombre, pero será mucho menos que una concubina... nunca conocerá un momento de ternura por parte del hombre al que estará unida. Mientras que a nosotras, Chani, nosotras que arrastramos el nombre de concubinas... la historia nos llamará esposas. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) | |
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▾Common Knowledge (short form) | Canonical title | Dune | | Original publication date | 1965 | | Series | Dune (1), Dune: complete chronology (7) | | People/Characters | Leto Atreides I, Paul Atreides, Lady Jessica, Stilgar, Chani, Liet-Kynes (show all 25), Duncan Idaho, Gurney Halleck, Vladmir Harkonnen, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen, Glossu Rabban, Thufir Hawat, Wellington Yueh, Alia Atreides (St. Alia of the Knife), Gaius Helen Mohiam, Hasimir Fenring, Shaddam Corrino IV, Shadout Mapes, Irulan Corrino, Piter De Vries, Iakin Nefud, Margot Fenring, Pardot Kynes, Frieth, Esmar Tuek | | Important places | Arrakis (Dune), Caladan, Geidi Prime, Dune, Arrakeen, Arrakis | | Important events | Butlerian Jihad (mentioned) | | Awards and honors | Nebula (Novel, 1965), Hugo (Novel, 1966), Waterstones Books of the Century (1997, No 51), BBC's Big Read (Best loved novel, 2003, No 39), The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels (The Reader's List, 13), New York Times bestseller (Paperback Fiction, 1984) (show all 8), Guardian 1000 (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Whitcoulls top 100, 2008 (50) | | Dedication | To the people whose labours go beyond ideas into the realm of 'real materials' - to the dry-land ecologists, wherever they may be, in whatever time they work, this effort at prediction is dedicated in humility and admiration. | | First words | Es en el momento de empezar cuando hay que cuidar atentamente que los equilibrios queden establecidos de la manera más exacta., En la semana que precedió a la partida hacia Arrakis, cuando el frenesí de los últimos preparativos había alcanzado un nivel casi insoportable, una vieja mujer acudió a visitar a la madre del muchacho, Paul., A beginning is the time for taking the most delicate care that the balances are correct. | | Quotations | I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to s... (show all)ee its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain., Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic., Let us not rail about justice as long as we have arms and the freedom to use them., The thing the ecologically illiterate don't realize about an ecosystem is that it's a system. A system! A system maintains a certain fluid stability that can be destroyed by a misstep in just one niche. A system has order, a ... (show all)flowing from point to point. If something dams the flow, order collapses. The untrained miss the collapse until too late. That's why the highest function of ecology is the understanding of consequences., The willow submits to the wind and prospers until one day it is many willows — a wall against the wind. This is the willow's purpose. | | Last words | (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)- ¿Tan poco conoces a mi hijo? - susurró Jessica-. Mira a esa princesa inmóvil, allí, tan orgullosa y segura de sí misma. Dicen que tiene pretensiones literarias. Esperemos que puedan llenar su existencia, porque va a tener muy poca cosa más. - Se le escapó una amarga sonrisa-. Piensa en ello, Chani: esa princesa tendrá el nombre, pero será mucho menos que una concubina... nunca conocerá un momento de ternura por parte del hombre al que estará unida. Mientras que a nosotras, Chani, nosotras que arrastramos el nombre de concubinas... la historia nos llamará esposas., (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine—history will call us wives." | | Blurbers | Clarke, Arthur C. | | Description | Set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar empire where planetary fiefdoms are controlled by noble Houses that owe an allegiance to the Imperial House Corrino, Dune tells the story of young Paul Atreides (he... (show all)ir apparent to Duke Leto Atreides and scion of House Atreides) as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the spice melange, the most important and valuable substance in the universe. The story explores the complex and multilayered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, as forces of the Empire confront each other for control of Arrakis and its spice. |
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Set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar empire where planetary fiefdoms are controlled by noble Houses that owe an allegiance to the Imperial House Corrino, Dune tells the story of young Paul Atreides (heir apparent to Duke Leto Atreides and scion of House Atreides) as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis, the only source of the spice melange, the most important and valuable substance in the universe. The story explores the complex and multilayered interactions of politics, religion, ecology, technology, and human emotion, as forces of the Empire confront each other for control of Arrakis and its spice. | |
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This Hugo and Nebula Award winner tells the sweeping tale of a desert planet called Arrakis, the focus of an intricate power struggle in a byzantine interstellar empire. Arrakis is the sole source of Melange, the "spice of spices." Melange is necessary for interstellar travel and grants psychic powers and longevity, so whoever controls it wields great influence. The troubles begin when stewardship of Arrakis is transferred by the Emperor from the Harkonnen Noble House to House Atreides. The Harkonnens don't want to give up their privilege, though, and through sabotage and treachery they cast young Duke Paul Atreides out into the planet's harsh environment to die. There he falls in with the Fremen, a tribe of desert dwellers who become the basis of the army with which he will reclaim what's rightfully his. Paul Atreides, though, is far more than just a usurped duke. He might be the end product of a very long-term genetic experiment designed to breed a super human; he might be a messiah. His struggle is at the center of a nexus of powerful people and events, and the repercussions will be felt throughout the Imperium. Dune is one of the most famous science fiction novels ever written, and deservedly so. The setting is elaborate and ornate, the plot labyrinthine, the adventures exciting. Five sequels follow. --Brooks Peck (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:13 -0400) ▾Open Shelves Classification The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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