Melange is difficult to acquire not only due to the harsh environment of Arrakis, but also the presence of giant sandworms that are drawn towards any movement on the sands of the planet. In addition to life-extension, melange enhances the mental capacity of humans: it enables humans known as Mentats to perform complex calculations without aid of computers, allows for the mutated Spacing Guild pilots to fold space and travel the distances between planets, and creates the visions and powers of the Bene Gesserit, a religious group that secretly seeks to control the direction humanity takes. Entirely a desert planet with nearly no precipitation, it is the only planet where a special life-extending drug, melange or "the spice", can be found. Of key interest is the planet Arrakis, known as "Dune".
At the time of the first book's setting, humanity has formed a feudal interstellar empire known as the Imperium, run by several Great Houses that oversee various planets. Faster-than-light travel has been developed, and humans have colonized a vast number of worlds. The Dune franchise is set thousands of years in humanity's future.
7.4 The reign and fall of the God Emperor. Vital to this empire is the harsh desert planet Arrakis, only known source of the spice melange, the most valuable substance in the universe.ĭue to the similarities between some of Herbert's terms and ideas and actual words and concepts in the Arabic language, as well as the series' " Islamic undertones" and themes, a Middle Eastern influence on Herbert's works has been noted repeatedly. Set tens of thousands of years in the future, the saga chronicles a civilization which has banned all forms of computers, or " thinking machines", but has also developed advanced technology and mental and physical abilities. The political, scientific, and social fictional setting of Herbert's novels and derivative works is known as the Dune universe, or Duniverse. Anderson published a number of prequel novels, as well as two which complete the original Dune series ( Hunters of Dune in 2006 and Sandworms of Dune in 2007), partially based on Frank Herbert's notes discovered a decade after his death. Beginning in 1999, his son Brian Herbert and science fiction author Kevin J. Since 2009, the names of planets from the Dune novels have been adopted for the real-world nomenclature of plains and other features on Saturn's moon Titan. The Dune universe has also inspired some traditional games and a series of video games. Herbert wrote five sequels, and the first two were presented as a miniseries in 2003. It won the 1966 Hugo Award and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel, and was later adapted into a 1984 film and a 2000 television miniseries. Dune is frequently cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history. Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003)ĭune is a science fiction media franchise that originated with the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert and has continued to add new publications up to 2017.
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