The Worlds of Dune

"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.

Tom Huddleston is an author, musician and journalist whose books include THE WORLDS OF DUNE, about the inspirations behind Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece; the futuristic, action-packed FloodWorld trilogy (FLOODWORLD, DUSTROAD, STORMTIDE); sword and sorcery series Warhammer Adventures: Realm Quest; and three instalments in the official Star Wars: Adventures in Wild Space series.