Two noble families, the Atreides and the Harkonnens, provide the principal characters of this book. The Atreides family is honest, good and kind; while the Harkonnen family is the exact opposite: dishonest, evil and decadently cruel. Duke Leto is head of the Atreides family until his treacherous death at the hands of the Harkonnens. Given the desert planet of Arrakis by the Galactic Emperor, he is at once put at the opposition of the Harkonnens, …showed first 75 words of 975 total…

…showed last 75 words of 975 total…word he tells of the importance of water to life on Arrakis. This is something that is not easy to accomplish. Also religion is very important in it, which is unusual to science fiction. This makes Dune unusual. Dune is a story of adventure, but it also carries an important moral. It is a book to be read and enjoyed, then read again and again. It certainly deserved the Nebula and Hugo that it won.