Back Децата на Дюн Bulgarian Děti Duny Czech Hijos de Dune Spanish Les Enfants de Dune French ילדי חולית HE A Dűne gyermekei Hungarian Children of Dune ID I figli di Dune (romanzo) Italian 듄의 아이들 Korean Kinderen van Duin Dutch
_First_edition.jpg) US first edition cover | |
| Author | Frank Herbert |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Scott Brick Simon Vance |
| Cover artist | Vincent Di Fate |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dune series |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Published | April 1976 |
| Publisher | Putnam |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 444 |
| ISBN | 0-399-11697-4 |
| OCLC | 1975222 |
| 813/.5/4 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.H5356 Ch3 PS3558.E63 |
| Preceded by | Dune Messiah |
| Followed by | God Emperor of Dune |
Children of Dune is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the third in his Dune series of six novels. Originally serialized in Analog Science Fiction and Fact in 1976, it was the last Dune novel to be serialized before book publication.
At the end of Dune Messiah, Paul Atreides walks into the desert, a blind man, leaving his twin children Leto and Ghanima in the care of the Fremen, while his sister Alia rules the universe as regent. Awakened in the womb by the spice, the children are the heirs to Paul's prescient vision of the fate of the universe, a role that Alia desperately craves. House Corrino schemes to return to the throne, while the Bene Gesserit make common cause with the Tleilaxu and Spacing Guild to gain control of the spice and the children of Paul Atreides.
Initially selling over 75,000 copies, it became the first hardcover best-seller ever in the science fiction field. The novel was critically well-received for its plot, action, and atmosphere, and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1977. Dune Messiah (1969) and Children of Dune were collectively adapted by the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003 into a miniseries titled Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.