Dune's impressive world-building weaves together a spell-binding tale of political rivalry, futuristic technology, intellectual puppet masters with super-human mental abilities, and a harsh desert environment populated by primitive tribes and gigantic apex predators.
For a science fiction fan like myself, one of the most fascinating concepts in the series involves the Space Guild and its navigators who transform physically and utilize the spice harvested on Arrakis to steer ships across the universe by folding space. Dune Messiah reveals the odd and fascinating career pathway of one such navigator. I'm equally intrigued by the mysterious Bene Gesserit Sisterhood. Learn more about mental powers, mind control, and the scheming ways of the Bene Gesserit in Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse Dune. And fans of swordmaster Duncan Idaho will appreciate his appearances in each of Frank Herbert's original Dune books.
The unlikely story behind the publication of this classic science fiction novel is one of the best Cinderella stories in science fiction. Dune was originally published as a serialized story in Analog Magazine but was a hard concept to sell to publishers in the 1960s. In fact, twenty publishers rejected it. It's all thanks to Chilton Books of Philadelphia, a publisher of business magazines and automotive manuals who took a chance on the book, that this epic story has been entertaining readers for generations.
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