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The Worlds of Dune|Tom Huddleston
The Worlds of Dune : The Places and Cultures That Inspired Frank Herbert
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"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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780711282117
  • ISBN-10: 0711282110
  • Publisher: Frances Lincoln
  • Publish Date: September 2023
  • Dimensions: 10.49 x 8.56 x 0.76 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.42 pounds
  • Page Count: 208

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