About the Book
Including never-before-published chapters from Dune and Dune Messiah,
original stories, and a new short novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.
Anderson
Frank Herbert's Dune is widely known as the science fiction equivalent of The Lord of the Rings, and The Road to Dune is a companion work comparable to The Silmarillion, shedding light on and following the remarkable development of the bestselling science fiction novel of all time.
Herein, the world's millions of Dune fans can now read - at long last - the unpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Messiah. The Road to Dune also includes the original correspondence between Frank Herbert and
famed editor John W. Campbell, Jr.; excerpts from Herbert's
correspondence during his years-long struggle to get his innovative
work published; and the article "They Stopped the Moving Sands",
Herbert's original inspiration for Dune.
The Road to Dune features newly discovered papers and manuscripts of Frank Herbert, and
also "Spice Planet," an original sixty-thousand-word short novel by
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, based on a detailed outline left
by Frank Herbert.
The Road to Dune is a treasure trove of essays, articles, and fiction that every reader of Dune will want to add to their shelf.
