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The Worlds of Dune
The Places and Cultures that Inspired Frank Herbert
- Frances Lincoln (Quarto)
- by Tom Huddleston
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| Publisher | Frances Lincoln (Quarto) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780711282117 |
| Author(s) | Tom Huddleston |
| Publication date | October 2023 |
| Edition | Hardback |
| Dimensions | 260 x 210 mm |
| Pages | 208 |
| Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
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.