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Dune of Words

Umapagan Ampikaipakan, Resident literary critic

28-Jul-15 14:00

Dune of Words

Umapagan goes back into the sci-fi world to point out the Dune, by Frank Herbert, in 2003 was cited as ‘the best-selling science fiction novel’. Herbert wrote sequels to this first installment which was made into film .


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