The Great Dune Trilogy (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Frank Herbert
- First Published: 1963
- Type of Plot: Science-fiction epic
- Time of Work: The remote future
- Setting: Several planets in the galaxy, principally Arrakis, also known as Dune
- Principal Characters: Duke Leto Atreides, Jessica, Paul Atreides, Alia, Chani, Leto II, Ghanima, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, Stilgar, Duncan Idaho, Doctor Yeuh
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman, Science fiction, Epic
- Subjects: Dictators, Maturation or coming of age, Power, personal or social, Politics, Love or romance, Nature, Revolutions, Extrasensory perception or powers, Future, Other worlds, Space flight or travel, Religion, Obsession, Substance abuse, War, Good and evil, Loyalty, Rulers, Drug addiction or addicts, Drugs, Science fiction, Christ figures or saviors, Reincarnation, Deserts, Superman or superbeings, Worms
- Locales: Arrakis (fictive), Dune (fictive)
The Novels
Ever since the publication of God Emperor of Dune in 1981, it has been inaccurate, strictly speaking, to refer to the “Dune Trilogy,” and subsequent books in the series have given the term even less validity. Nevertheless, there is one sense in which these first three works may be thought of as a unit. Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune show a unity of time and characters that makes it appropriate to group them as a single story; it is a story which is continued, to be sure, but one whose next installment takes place thousands of years...
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