Dune (Movie Tie-In)

 
　　生命的神袐並不是要解決的問題，而是必須經歷的現實
 
　　沙丘，一顆極度乾燥的沙漠星球，人類必須穿著蒸餾服，回收身體散發的水分。水是沙漠子民信仰的中心，也是星球上意涵最豐富的詞彙，為死者落淚是這顆星球上最神聖、令人敬畏的行為。
 
　　嚴苛環境決定了星球獨特的生態、生命觀和信仰，但比水更具影響力的，是星球上獨一無二的珍貴物產——香料。
 
　　原來人類在戰勝機器人之後，宗教立下嚴規，「汝等不得造出機器去假冒人類思維」。於是過了一萬多年，在這個沒有電腦的未來世界，有人變異出電腦的運算力，也有人投身肌肉與神經的極致修練，低科技使得人類只能專注於自身的潛能開發。但帝國真正的命脈是香料——星際運輸全賴領航員服用香料去延伸大腦意識，透過預知找出最安全的航線，皇室、貴族乃至富人及中產階級也靠香料延年益壽。
 
　　香料的交易，決定了星際金融及宇宙秩序。因此即使明知政敵及皇帝居心叵測，亞崔迪公爵仍毅然率領家族離開卡樂丹星，接下這座險惡的新封地。
 
　　然而在星球上迎接亞崔迪家族的，不只有環環相扣的政敵陰謀，還有神出鬼沒的巨型沙蟲、因代代受壓迫而異常排外的沙漠子民，公爵之子保羅更在踏上沙丘後感應到體內有某種東西正在覺醒——歷時數千代的基因計畫、激昂的救世主信仰、神袐的沙漠生態、雄心萬丈的行星改造計畫、吉凶難測的香料靈啟，看似相關及不相關的一切，都交會在保羅身上。
 
　　保羅的出現，是宇宙億萬人類的幸，還是不幸……
 
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＂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. 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.＂ --Page 4 of cover.

Frank Herbert is the bestselling author of the Dune saga. He was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobs--including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of several West Coast newspapers--before becoming a full-time writer.

In 1952, Herbert began publishing science fiction with ＂Looking for Something?＂ in Startling Stories. But his emergence as a writer of major stature did not occur until 1965, with the publication of Dune. Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune, and Chapterhouse: Dune followed, completing the saga that the Chicago Tribune would call ＂one of the monuments of modern science fiction.＂ Herbert is also the author of some twenty other books, including The White Plague, The Dosadi Experiment, and Destination: Void. He died in 1986.