The Road to Dune

The Road to Dune is a book by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, with material written by Frank Herbert. It 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 also 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 also the name of a 1985 Frank Herbert short story published in his Eye short story collection.

Contents

 * Foreword by Bill Ransom


 * Introduction by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

(short novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, based on Frank Herbert's first outline for what would become DUNE)
 * SPICE PLANET -- the alternate Dune novel

(Frank Herbert's original article proposal and notes, which became the seeds for DUNE)
 * "They Stopped the Moving Sands"

(correspondence with agents, John W. Campbell, Jr., and rejection slips)
 * The Letters of DUNE

Unpublished Scenes and Chapters from Dune

 * Paul and Reverend Mother Mohiam
 * Paul and Thufir Hawat
 * Paul and Gurney Halleck
 * Paul and Dr. Yueh
 * Paul and Duke Leto Atreides: The Spacing Guild & the Great Convention
 * Baron Harkonnen and Piter de Vries
 * From Caladan to Arrakis
 * Blue-Within-Blue Eyes
 * Jessica and Dr. Yueh: The Spice
 * Paul and Jessica
 * Escape from the Harkonnens: With Duncan and Liet-Kynes at the Desert Base
 * The Flight from Kynes's Desert Base -Muad'dib

Unpublished Scenes and Chapters from Dune Messiah

 * Original Opening Summary for DUNE MESSIAH
 * Alia and the Duncan Idaho Ghola
 * The Human Distrans
 * Conspiracy's End (alternate ending)
 * Blind Paul in the Desert (alternate ending)

Short Stories

 * A Whisper of Caladan Seas
 * Hunting Harkonnens
 * Whipping Mek
 * The Faces of a Martyr

Paperback only

 * Sea Child

Behind the Scenes
This book contains both Original Dune and Expanded Dune information. Hunting Harkonnens, Whipping Mek and The Faces of a Martyr were originally available as downloadable PDFs from the official site.

Träume des Wüstenplaneten Путь к Дюне (сборник)