Tom Huddleston

The Worlds of Dune (eBook, ePUB)

The Places and Cultures that Inspired Frank Herbert

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

'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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Frances Lincoln
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780711282124
• Artikelnr.: 67569678

Autorenporträt

Tom Huddleston is an author, journalist and musician based in North London, UK. His novels include several science fiction and fantasy stories for younger readers including the eco-futuristic FloodWorld trilogy. He spent a decade on the Film desk at Time Out magazine and is now a freelance Film & TV journalist writing for, among others, The Guardian and Little White Lies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Maker
Part One ARRAKIS
Chapter One: Desert Planet
Chapter Two: The Fremen
Chapter Three: The Spice
Part Two CALADAN
Chapter Four: House Atreides
Chapter Five: Paul Muad’dib
Chapter Six: Lady Jessica and the Bene Gesserit
Part Three GIEDI PRIME
Chapter Seven: House Harkonnen
Chapter Eight: Piter De Vries and the Mentats
Chapter Nine: The CHOAM Corporation
Part Four KAITAIN
Chapter Ten: House Corrino and the Padishah Emperor
Chapter Eleven: The Landsraad
Chapter Twelve: The Spacing Guild
Epilogue: Dune World
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
Picture Credits
About the Author & Acknowledgements