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.

In this fascinating volume, the world’s millions of Dune fans can now read—at long last—the unpublished chapters and scenes from Dune and Dune Messiah.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 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 a treasure trove of essays, articles, and fiction that every reader of Dune will want to add to their shelf.

ROAD TO DUNE
Contents

Foreword by Bill Ransom

Introduction by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

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

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

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

UNPUBLISHED SCENES AND CHAPTERS FROM DUNE: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UNPUBLISHED SCENES AND CHAPTERS FROM DUNE MESSIAH: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"

READ A DELETED SCENE FROM FRANK HERBERT'S CHAPTERHOUSE DUNE

MORE ORIGINAL FRANK HERBERT MATERIAL