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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. [16] N'Duka, Amanda (February 19, 2019). "Legendary's Dune Film Adds Ant-Man and the Wasp Actor David Dastmalchian". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved February 19, 2019.

Pringle, David (1990). The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction. London: Grafton Books Ltd. p.407. ISBN 978-0-246-13635-0. Dune inspired the German happy hardcore band Dune, who have released several albums with space travel-themed songs. [ citation needed] Kunzru, Hari (July 3, 2015). " Dune, 50 years on: how a science fiction novel changed the world". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved February 11, 2019. Sparrow is a fantastic blend of steam, action, and suspense sprinkled with just the right touch of drama 😌Rogers, Brett M. (2018). " 'Now Harkonnen Shall Kill Harkonnen': Aeschylus, Dynastic Violence, and Twofold Tragedies in Frank Herbert's Dune". In Kennedy, Rebecca Futo (ed.). Brill's Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus. Brill. Bahayeldin, Khalid (January 22, 2004). "Arabic and Islamic themes in Frank Herbert's Dune". Baheyeldin.com . Retrieved July 21, 2009. Arthur C. Clarke described Dune as "unique" and wrote, "I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings." [81] Robert A. Heinlein described the novel as "powerful, convincing, and most ingenious." [81] [82] It was described as "one of the monuments of modern science fiction" by the Chicago Tribune, [81] and P. Schuyler Miller called Dune "one of the landmarks of modern science fiction ... an amazing feat of creation." [82] The Washington Post described it as "a portrayal of an alien society more complete and deeply detailed than any other author in the field has managed ... a story absorbing equally for its action and philosophical vistas ... An astonishing science fiction phenomenon." [81] [82] Algis Budrys praised Dune for the vividness of its imagined setting, saying "The time lives. It breathes, it speaks, and Herbert has smelt it in his nostrils". He found that the novel, however, "turns flat and tails off at the end. ... [T]ruly effective villains simply simper and melt; fierce men and cunning statesmen and seeresses all bend before this new Messiah". Budrys faulted in particular Herbert's decision to kill Paul's infant son offstage, with no apparent emotional impact, saying "you cannot be so busy saving a world that you cannot hear an infant shriek". [83] After criticizing unrealistic science fiction, Carl Sagan in 1978 listed Dune as among stories "that are so tautly constructed, so rich in the accommodating details of an unfamiliar society that they sweep me along before I have even a chance to be critical". [84]

Herbert, Brian (2004). Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. Macmillan. p. 244. ISBN 978-0-7653-0646-3. Herbert further drew inspiration from Native American mentors like "Indian Henry" (as Herbert referred to the man to his son; likely a Henry Martin of the Hoh tribe) and Howard Hansen. Both Martin and Hansen grew up on the Quileute reservation near Herbert's hometown. According to historian Daniel Immerwahr, Hansen regularly shared his writing with Herbert. " White men are eating the earth," Hansen told Herbert in 1958, after sharing a piece on the effect of logging on the Quileute reservation. "They're gonna turn this whole planet into a wasteland, just like North Africa." The world could become a "big dune," Herbert responded in agreement. [5] Neuman, Clayton (August 17, 2009). " Winds of Dune Author Brian Herbert on Flipping the Myth of Jihad". AMCtv.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2009 . Retrieved August 19, 2009. Dune is a 1965 epic science fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two separate serials in Analog magazine. It tied with Roger Zelazny's This Immortal for the Hugo Award in 1966 and it won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. It is the first installment of the Dune Chronicles. It is one of the world's best-selling science fiction novels. [2]Dune also inspired the 1999 album The 2nd Moon by the German death metal band Golem, which is a concept album about the series. [165]