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Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read The Lord of the Rings, which everyone should, then you have to read Dune, too.

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Kevin J. Anderson
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: March 27
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