The Worlds of Dune: The Places and Cultures That Inspired Frank Herbert - Hardcover
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Frances LincolnISBN-13:9780711282117ISBN-10:711282110UPC:9780711282117Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Science Fiction & Fantasy, FilmBook Topic:GenresSize:10.49 x 8.56 x 0.76 inchesWeight:2.4229Product ID:SC2N19YV6V
"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.
- 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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Frances LincolnISBN-13:9780711282117ISBN-10:711282110UPC:9780711282117Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Science Fiction & Fantasy, FilmBook Topic:GenresSize:10.49 x 8.56 x 0.76 inchesWeight:2.4229Product ID:SC2N19YV6V
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.
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