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1、Dune:HouseAtreidesBrianHerbertandKevinJ.AndersonOctober1999Thisbookisforourmentor,FrankHerbert,whowaseverybitasfascinatingandcomplexasthemarvelousDuneuniversehecreated.ACKNOWLEDGMENTSEdKramer,forbeingthebridgethatbroughtustogetherinthefirstplace.RebeccaMoestaAnderson,forherunflaggingimaginati
2、on,brainstorming,andplainhardworktomakethisnovelthebestitcouldbe.JanHerbert,forallowingthecreationofthisprojecttocontinueduringawedding-anniversarytriptoEurope,andforsomuchmore.PatLoBrutto,oureditoratBantamBooks,forhelpingusachievethebestpossiblefocusandclarityinthisbook.RobertGottliebandMatt
3、BialeroftheWilliamMorrisAgency,MaryAliceKierandAnnaCottleofCine/LitRepresentation,fortheirfaithanddedication,seeingthepotentialoftheentireproject.IrwynApplebaumandNitaTaublibatBantamBooks,fortheirsupportandenthusiasminsuchanenormousundertaking.PennyandRonMerritt,whoseenthusiasticsupportmadeth
4、isprojectpossible.BeverlyHerbert,forbrainstormingandeditorialcontributionsontheDunebookswrittenbyFrankHerbert.MarieLandis-Edwards,forherencouragement.TheHerbertLimitedPartnership,includingDavidMerritt,ByronMerritt,JulieHerbert,RobertMerritt,KimberlyHerbert,MargauxHerbert,andTheresaShackelford
5、.AtWordFire,Inc.,specialthankstoCatherineSidor,whoputinmanyhoursofhardworkinpreparingandrevisingthemanuscript,andSarahJones,forherhelpinconvertingmanyoldbooksanddocumentsintoausableform.AndtothemillionsofdevotedDUNEfans,whohavekepttheoriginalnovelpopularforthreeandahalfdecades.Transmissiontot
6、hegalacticmerchandizingconglomerate"CombineHonneteOberAdvancerMercantiles"(CHOAM)fromtheSpacingGuild:Ourspecificchargeinthisunofficialmissionhasbeentosearchtheuninhabitedworldstofindanothersourceofthepreciousspicemelange,uponwhichsomuchoftheImperiumdepends.Wehavedocumentedthejourneysofmanyofo
7、urNavigatorsandSteersmen,searchinghundredsofplanets.Todate,however,wehavehadnosuccess.TheonlysourceofmelangeintheKnownUniverseremainsthedesertworldofArrakis.TheGuild,CHOAM,andallotherdependentsmustcontinueinthralloftheHarkonnenmonopoly.Howeve