{"title":"Literature","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-great-dune-trilogy","title":"The Great Dune Trilogy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree of the greatest SF novels in the world in one bumper omnibus, and the inspiration for the spectacular cinematic events \u003ci\u003eDune: Part One\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDune: Part Two\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An astonishing science fiction phenomenon' WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I know nothing comparable to it except \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings' \u003c\/i\u003eArthur C Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHerbert's evocative, epic tales are set on the desert planet Arrakis, the focus for a complex political and military struggle with galaxy-wide repercussions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArrakis is the source of spice, a mind-enhancing drug which makes interstellar travel possible; it is the most valuable substance in the galaxy. 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It is a mainly \u003cb\u003echaracter-driven plot\u003c\/b\u003e, with the three books in this trilogy focusing on the Atreides family on Dune . . . I think everyone should delve into this world, let themselves be absorbed by it. It \u003cb\u003emakes you question your reality\u003c\/b\u003e, your choices, your relationships and the impact you have on the world, or the impact the world has on you' Goodreads reviewer, ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eDune\u003c\/i\u003e perhaps \u003cb\u003eepitomises science-fiction\u003c\/b\u003e. The willingness to embrace \u003cb\u003ebig ideas \u003c\/b\u003eand show them playing out on a broad canvas . . . 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