Children of Dune: Deluxe Edition: 3

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It always depends on the project, but in the case of these deluxe editions it’s a very freeing and trusting process.

Since devouring Frank Herbert's first 'Dune' trilogy in primary school, he has been a lifelong fan of all forms of science fiction and fantasy media. Dune seems to me unique among SF novels in the depth of characterisation and the extraordinary detail of the world it creates. And yet the planet is also humanity’s sole source of ‘spice’, the mysterious, addictive substance that underpins the workings of the galaxy-wide Padishah Empire. Michael Dirda is a Pulitzer Prize-winning literary journalist, a weekly books columnist for the Washington Post, and the author of five collections of essays: Readings (2000), Bound to Please (2005), Book by Book (2006), Classics for Pleasure (2007) and Browsings (2015).Featuring a fascinating introduction by Val McDermid and new illustrations by Juan Esteban Rodríguez, each copy has been signed by both the introducer and the illustrator. In addition to brand-new new covers and interior illustrations by Matt Griffin, the Dune Messiah and Children of Dune deluxe editions each come with their own foiled and stamped case, highlighting a quote from the Litany Against Fear.

Both books also include a poster inside the jacket and an introduction written by Brian Herbert, the author’s son. Marcus is the founder and lead editor of Dune News Net, on top of his marketing role at a major player in the entertainment industry.

My intro to Arrakis was actually the Lynch film—it was a family favorite when I was growing up, so I would have been pretty young when I first saw it. Read the book which inspired the 2021 Denis Villeneuve epic film adaptation, Dune, starring Oscar Isaac, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Josh Brolin. His current project is a reconsideration of popular fiction during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Duke and his son, Paul, are expecting treachery, and it duly comes - but from a shockingly unexpected place. When House Atreides is betrayed, the destruction of Paul’s family will set the boy on a journey toward a destiny greater than he could ever have imagined.

Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of Paul Atreides—who would become known as Muad’Dib—and of a great family’s ambition to bring to fruition humankind’s most ancient and unattainable dream. For this edition, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda has contributed a new introduction, examining both the origins of Herbert’s unlikely success and the hidden depths of his ‘grand operatic vision’. The Duke of Atreides has been manoeuvred by his arch-enemy, Baron Harkonnen, into administering the desert planet of Dune. An Original Leather is being used for binding this book with Golden Leaf Printing and designing on Spine, front and Back of the book with edge gilding. A limited run of 250 copies include three different art prints in a protective rice paper sleeve, each signed by different members of the creative team?I guess it’s impossible not to have other interpretations floating in your head, whether from old masters like John Schoenherr or Bruce Pennington or contemporary Dune artists like Marc Simonetti.

After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Sam moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. His eyes are blocked in the unforgettable ‘blue within blue’, consumed by both the spice and his ‘terrible purpose’.The bloodthirsty biographies of the world’s most infamous pirates are reproduced in this Folio edition of Captain Charles Johnson’s renowned work, including original woodcut illustrations and a fascinating introduction by Margarette Lincoln. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.