The Great Dune Trilogy | The Great Dune Trilogy

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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)

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...

The Great Dune Trilogy | The Great Dune Trilogy

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