Dune
Sandworm saga novel
Dune is Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel set on the desert planet Arrakis, where giant sandworms produce a mind-altering spice essential to interstellar travel.
The book spawned sequels, film adaptations, and a devoted following.
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The name evokes the vast sand dunes of its fictional world. (Lowercase dune is a sand formation.)
novel
- 1965Year in the sixties
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- ArrakisSandy science-fiction world
- sandwormsWorm-like desert burrowers
spice · melange · interstellar travel · sequels · classic · epic
adaptations
- filmMovie or coating
- movieRecorded visual narrative
- miniseriesFinite-episode TV narrative
Frank Herbert
- 1965Year in the sixties
- science fictionSpeculative fiction with technological themes
- ArrakisSandy science-fiction world
sandworms · spice · melange · interstellar travel · sequels · classic · epic
Paul Atreides
Arrakis
Sandy science-fiction world
David Lynch
- filmMovie or coating
- movieRecorded visual narrative
- miniseriesFinite-episode TV narrative
prequels
Works depicting earlier events
- Adapted NovelsHarry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Jurassic Park, The Lord of the Rings
- Fictional PlanetsTatooine, Arrakis, Krypton, Vulcan, Gallifrey
- Rebooted FranchisesSpider-Man, Batman, Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Ghostbusters
- space operaStar Wars, Star Trek, hyperspace, lightsaber, starship
- Denis VilleneuveBlade Runner 2049
- DuneArrakis, Fremen, melange, Paul Atreides, sandworm
science fiction subgenre
DuneStar Wars
Iconic space fantasy franchise
Flash Gordon · space opera · Buck Rogers · Star Trek · solarpunk
- sand duneWind-formed sand mound
- dune buggyOpen vehicle for beaches