Set tens of thousands of years in the future, the saga chronicles a civilization that has banned all ' thinking machines', which include computers, robots, and artificial intelligence. The political, scientific, and social fictional setting of Herbert's novels and derivative works is known as the Dune universe or Duniverse. Anderson published several collections of prequel novels, as well as two sequels that 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.įrank Herbert died in 1986. Dune has also inspired tabletop games and a series of video games. Herbert wrote five sequels, the first two of which were concomitantly adapted as a 2003 miniseries. The latter will be followed by a 2023 direct sequel. It won the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Hugo Award in 1966, and was later adapted into a 1984 film, a 2000 television miniseries, and a 2021 film. Dune is frequently described as the best-selling science fiction novel in history. Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (2003)ĭune, also known as the Dune Chronicles, is an American science fiction media franchise that originated with the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert and has continued to add new publications.

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