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The Worlds of Dune: The Places and Cultures that Inspired Frank Herbert
The Worlds of Dune: The Places and Cultures that Inspired Frank Herbert
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Frank Herbert's Dune has become the best-selling and most well-known science fiction novel ever written, sparking by a dizzying array of ideas from classical history to cutting-edge science, environmentalism to Zen philosophy, and Arabic texts to Shakespeare's tragedies. "The Worlds of Dune" offers a deep dive into Herbert's universe, detailing the many diverse strands he wove into his epic creation to offer a visually rich accompaniment to this sci-fi legend.
Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 05 October 2023
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC
Some writers create entire universes, while others build worlds. Since its publication, Frank Herbert's Dune has become the best-selling and most well-known science fiction novel ever written. How did an ex-Navy newspaperman from Washington State 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 the many diverse strands he wove into his epic creation to offer a visually rich accompaniment to this sci-fi legend.
Some writers create entire universes, while others build worlds. Since its publication, Frank Herbert's Dune has become the best-selling and most well-known science fiction novel ever written. How did an ex-Navy newspaperman from Washington State 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 the many diverse strands he wove into his epic creation to offer a visually rich accompaniment to this sci-fi legend.
Weight: 1084g
Dimension: 217 x 267 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780711282117
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