If You Have Never Read The Book, At Least Read The Article And Watch The Movies

 

It has sold millions of copies, is perhaps the greatest novel in the science-fiction canon and Star Wars wouldn’t have existed without it. Frank Herbert’s Dune should endure as a politically relevant fantasy from the Age of Aquarius.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/03/dune-50-years-on-science-fiction-novel-world?CMP=fb_gu



You could also watch the movie or the most excellent 10 hour mini-series on scify that tells the story of the first three books in the series. A very young James McAvoy (young Professor X in X-Men)plays Leto II in Children of Dune.