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'Dune' movii By Maria Baens In December, a movie based on the science fiction classic "Dune" will hit the area like a sandstorm. lirst put>iisneci in tne novel won its author Frank Herbert, the prestigious Nebula award for best science fiction novel. Since then, it has spawned five more installments. The latest called, "The Heretics of Dune," was released earlier this year, and Herbert just handed in the sixth book to his publisher. WITH THE newly released hardbound and the movie blockbuster, there is renewed interest in the grand epic that started it all: "Dune." nn A ?.i.? II Mini", m uiNn, l/wsvi i i iciiin i* a planter of a dilTerent galaxy of a different breed of people of a different inillenium in time. The Padishah F.mperor is not the emperor of a planet but of a universe. The universe is in political turmoil as clans battle it out for more power. IThe story unfolds as Duke Leto, leader of the Atreides elan, must move his legion to a new planet ealled Dune. Dune appears desolate and dry, but it has incredible sources yet to be tapped. It is inhabited by a superstitious I cuiilire cauea rremen wnose naoiis are closely attuned to the rigours of the environment. There is very little water on the planet so that to spii is to give honor and to weep is to wastcfully "give water to the dead." II REA f\ I I "A LITTLE S IFOR EVERY( at the Il ST (J II fiCT j| Thursday I Sept. 20, 19 Back Patio of Russell Hous 110:30 am t< 3:30 pm i to debut in THE FREMEN walk without syn chrony to escape the detection of the sandworms, huge and deadly monsters of the desert. Another great wealth of Dune is the spice, "melange." It is essentially the spice of life that can give youth and clairvoyance to the chosen. It is also addicting, and withdrawal means death. "Melange," also comes from the sandworm, the very creature which seeks to destroy life. In this age, the world no longer clamors for petroleum. The key to power is " melange" which causes Dune to be the center of conflict. Duke Lcto unwittingly tinds himself a victim of the Emperor's schemes. To a world totally unlike his own, he brings his trusted aides and his family. Gurney Halleek is a poet and a fighter. Duncan Idaho is the ideal soldier, full of loyalty and crafty swordsmanship. Leto's wife Jessica is a witch trained in the supreme control of mind, body. and genetic breeding by the Bene Ciesserit, the revered order of witches. PALI. IStheir son who finds himself the leader of the Fremen. His transformation from adolescent to Fremen, to the prophet Muad Dib, is elaborate, deep and touching. The other characters are also meticulously developed. Paul's nemisis, the ruthless Baron Vladimir UorL'/'tniKin ii 'i rifhor Iirop C;>h A m I n o I I ci I iNVMlllvii I.? ct I en i iv i 1111 C.V. t 1VI iciiim^ sp* -rur u int SOMETHING ONE" nENT IVJTIES : fins i December mass of contempt, while his nephew Feyd-Rautha is a beguiling evil rogue. Stilgar the Fremen finds himself torn between the changing times and the strict traditions of his clan. The female characters Jessica and Chani, Paul's I remen concubine, are generously endowed with courage, brilliance and feeling. "Dune" is obviously a story of great aepm ana lengm. neroeri uiiuses n with a remarkable imagination that stimulates all his readers. He adheres faithfully to an environment and way of life so clearly defined and believable. "Dune" gives us a glimpse of a world so vastly different from our own but it also provokes us to look into ourselves. THE SUCCEEDING books do not match the impact of the first. Still, any reader who has visited Dune will inevitably want to know more. What happens next is disappointing but this novel stands on its own. The movie version will have Jose Ferrer as the Emperor, Sting of the Police as Feyd and newcomer Kyle Maclachlan as Paul. David Lynch, best remembered for directing "The Elephant Man" wrote and directed the movie version. Meanwhile, you can be .a step ahead of the crowd by reading the book. It is an adventure not to be missed. Dune awaits. Gon 1 Wdeoi .4 I j|< 1 ALL STC | AT 11 AM & C | SUND/ /<^>V V gg jjjp IP 5K^ ^ , ill. I fc n- W?m\ iW?'iiH i|i |m wWBjBWiEii iMfly , fr;fe M ? - , wmm: r-? v .:*&%,,". **fifx. . I ?# j^^M tV A * ? JHH ?|BH^Bf ?^ttj|piBBHsBBHi^^^^M^^p^^|^P Another worldBilled as the grandest and greatest Dune book of them all, "God Emperor of Dune," is the fourth in the series. 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