The Worlds of Dune presents a deep dive into the many different strands of inspiration, from Zen Buddhism to Indigenous American tribal ritual, that Frank Herbert wove into Dune and its sequels – collectively the world's bestselling science-fiction epic.
"An impressive work of granular Dunesploitation."
- Empire Magazine
Some writers build worlds. Others birth entire universes. In the decades since its publication,
Frank Herbert’s Dune has become arguably the best-selling and certainly the best-known science fiction novel ever written.
So how did an ex-Navy newspaperman from Washington State come to write such a world-conquering novel? And how was he able to pack it with so many
layers of myth and meaning?
Herbert’s boundless imagination was sparked by a dizzying array of ideas, from
classical history to
cutting-edge science, from
environmentalism to
Zen philosophy, and from
Arabic texts to
Shakespeare’s tragedies.
Beginning on
Arrakis and going
planet by planet, The Worlds of Dune offers a supremely deep dive into Herbert's universe – detailing along the way the many diverse strands that
he wove into his epic creation to offer a
visually rich accompaniment to this sci-fi legend.- | Author: Tom Huddleston
- | Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
- | Publication Date: Oct 05, 2023
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- | Binding: Hardback
- | ISBN-13: 9780711282117
- | ISBN-10: 0711282110
