Dune Summary
Frank Herbert

Dune by Frank Herbert The first novel in a series of five, Dune introduces its readers to the Atreides family and the world of Arrakis. Frank Herbert creates in the Dune novels not merely a fiction... Read more

Biography EssayBorn in Tacoma, Washington, Frank Patrick Herbert is best known as the author of the Dune series. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle (1946-1947), where he later lecture... Read more

Born in Tacoma, Washington, Frank Herbert is best known as the author of the Dune series. He worked for many years as a journalist for West Coast newspapers from San Francisco to Seattle and at a wide... Read more

Miller is an American educator and critic. In the following excerpt from his study of Herbert that was originally published in 1980, Miller examines Dune's complex structure, its literary devic... Read more

McLean is an American author of children's books. In the essay below, she explores the oedipal theme in Herbert's Dune series. Fantasy literature has long suffered from the stigma of ... Read more

In the following essay, which was originally presented at the Sixth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in Beaumont, Texas, in 1985, Riggs compares Herbert's vision of humanit... Read more

In the following excerpt, Prieto-Pablos examines the development of the ambivalent hero in Herbert's Dune, contending that it is a reflection of contemporary American culture. The voices of ... Read more

Critical Essay by Timothy O'reilly Dune is a novel rich in ideas as well as imagination…. (p. 41) Recalling the origins of Dune, Herbert says: It began with a concept: to do a lo... Read more

Critical Essay by John Ower The very rawness and naivete of popular culture are signs of a vitality which can, without a breach with its origins, transcend itself in the inspiration of fine art. This... Read more

Critical Essay by John Leonard There are some of us who feel that Frank Herbert should never have written a sequel to "Dune," much less three of them. "Dune," given Mr. He... Read more

Critical Essay by John L. Grigsby Anyone at all interested in SF is probably familiar with Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy and Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy. The restoration of civi... Read more