Comtois, James (July 23, 2021). "The Duneiverse is expanding! New books & comics coming to spice up Dune world ahead of upcoming film". SyFy. Archived from the original on November 10, 2021 . Retrieved November 10, 2021. A lot of people refer to Dune as science fiction. I never do. I consider it an epic adventure in the classic storytelling tradition, a story of myth and legend not unlike the Morte d'Arthur or any messiah story. It just happens to be set in the future...The story is actually more relevant today than when Herbert wrote it. In the 1960s, there were just these two colossal superpowers duking it out. Today we're living in a more feudal, corporatized world more akin to Herbert's universe of separate families, power centers and business interests, all interrelated and kept together by the one commodity necessary to all. [84]

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Frank Herbert’s immortal space opera that created many of the tropes we take for granted inside them is a book that doesn’t need my endorsement . . . the nobility is some of the most decadent and depraved in fiction . . . It’s a fantastic book, amazing story‘ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Dune universe, set in the distant future of humanity, has a history that stretches thousands of years (some 15,000 years in total) and covers considerable changes in political, social, and religious structure as well as technology. Creative works set in the Dune universe can be said to fall into five general time periods: Paul's rise to superhuman status follows the hero's journey template; after unfortunate circumstances are forced onto him, he suffers a long period of hardship and exile, and finally confronts and defeats the source of evil in his tale. [92] [93] As such, Dune is representative of a general trend beginning in 1960s American science fiction in that it features a character who attains godlike status through scientific means. [94] Frank Herbert said in 1979, "The bottom line of the Dune trilogy is: beware of heroes. Much better [to] rely on your own judgment, and your own mistakes." [95] He wrote in 1985, " Dune was aimed at this whole idea of the infallible leader because my view of history says that mistakes made by a leader (or made in a leader's name) are amplified by the numbers who follow without question." [96] Jennings, Collier (July 10, 2020). "New Dune Trilogy Launches in October With Publication of The Duke of Caladan". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021 . Retrieved November 9, 2021. Dune (1984)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on May 2, 2021 . Retrieved January 15, 2015.Herbert, Frank (1981). God Emperor of Dune. The target of the Jihad was a machine-attitude as much as the machines...Humans had set those machines to usurp our sense of beauty, our necessary selfdom out of which we make living judgments. Naturally, the machines were destroyed. Published by London, UK: Heinemann / Octopus, 1984, 1st MOVIE TIE-IN Edition, First Printing, London, England, 1984 Dune Messiah [ Berkley Medallion Edition, Sept. 1975 ] (this is the second novel in Frank Herbert's great trilogy that begins in the most honored of all novels of imagination, DUNE.)

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Brian Herbert and Anderson have written eight Dune short stories and four Dune novellas, most of them related to and published around their novels. The eight short stories include " Dune: A Whisper of Caladan Seas" (2001), " Dune: Hunting Harkonnens" (2002), " Dune: Whipping Mek" (2003), " Dune: The Faces of a Martyr" (2004), " Dune: Sea Child" (2006), " Dune: Treasure in the Sand" (2006), " Dune: Wedding Silk" (2008), and " Dune: Red Plague" (2016). These eight short stories were published together in the 2017 collection Tales of Dune: Expanded Edition. The four novellas include " Dune: The Waters of Kanly" (2017), " Dune: Blood of the Sardaukar" (2019), " Dune: The Edge of a Crysknife" (2022), and " Dune: Imperial Court" (2022). The four novellas were published together in the collection Sands of Dune, which released on July 28, 2022.Watters, Bill (February 1, 2017). "It's Official: The Dune Reboot Has Found Its Director". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on January 7, 2019 . Retrieved February 1, 2017. Novelist Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's son and biographer, explained that "Frank Herbert drew parallels, used spectacular metaphors, and extrapolated present conditions into world systems that seem entirely alien at first blush. But close examination reveals they aren't so different from systems we know". [85] He wrote that the invaluable drug melange "represents, among other things, the finite resource of oil". [85] Michaud explained, "Imagine a substance with the combined worldwide value of cocaine and petroleum and you will have some idea of the power of melange." [22] Each chapter of Dune begins with an epigraph excerpted from the fictional writings of the character Princess Irulan. In forms such as diary entries, historical commentary, biography, quotations and philosophy, these writings set tone and provide exposition, context, and other details intended by Herbert to enhance understanding of his complex fictional universe and themes. [86]