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Compound dunes are large dunes on which smaller dunes of similar type and slipface orientation are superimposed. Complex dunes are combinations of two or more dune types. A crescentic dune with a star dune superimposed on its crest is the most common complex dune.
Sisterhood of Dune is a 2012 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.It is the first book in their Great Schools of Dune prequel trilogy, which itself is a sequel to their Legends of Dune trilogy.
Nullentropy – Technology akin to the science fiction concept of stasis, in which the natural processes of time, such as decomposition, are ceased. In this way, perishable matter such as food and even human cells may be stored for millennia and remain undamaged. [21] [8]
Dune has been regularly cited as one of the world's best-selling science fiction novels. [1] [2] A sequel, Dune Messiah, followed in 1969. [36] A third novel called Children of Dune was published in 1976, and was later nominated for a Hugo Award. [37] Children of Dune became the first hardcover best-seller ever in the science fiction field. [38]
Spice Planet is an alternate Dune story written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson based upon the original story outline that Frank Herbert made for Dune. [1] It features House Linkam (a version of House Atreides) temporarily taking control of Duneworld from their rivals, House Hoskanner (the forerunner of the Harkonnens), to settle a dispute between them.
Reviews of the novel have been largely positive, and Dune is considered by some critics to be the best science fiction book ever written. [84] The novel has been translated into dozens of languages, and has sold almost 20 million copies. [85] Dune has been regularly cited as one of the world's best-selling science fiction novels. [86] [3]
Dune: House Harkonnen is a 2000 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert.It is the second book in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy, which takes place before the events of Frank Herbert's celebrated 1965 novel Dune. [1]
Herbert's concepts and inventions have been analyzed and deconstructed in at least one book, The Science of Dune (2007). Herbert's originating 1965 novel Dune is popularly considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, [1] and is frequently cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history.