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In Herbert's Dune universe, a historical movement known as the Butlerian Jihad results in the strict prohibition of all "thinking machines", including computers, robots and artificial intelligence of any kind. [31] This is a key influence on the setting of Herbert's Dune series. [32]
The political, scientific, and social fictional setting of Herbert's novels and derivative works is known as the Dune universe or Duniverse. [77] [122] [123] Dune has been widely influential, inspiring numerous novels, music, films, television, games, and comic books. [124]
In Dune, Paul is the teenage son and heir of Duke Leto Atreides and Lady Jessica, whose family is thrown into the dangerous political intrigues centered on the inhospitable desert planet Arrakis, only known source of the oracular spice melange, the most important and valuable substance in the universe.
Credit - HBO (2); Warner Bros (3) Y ou may recognize the names of the main players in HBO's Dune prequel series, Dune: Prophecy.Frank Herbert's Dune books and the film adaptations by Denis ...
Arrakis (/ ə ˈ r ɑː k ɪ s /) [1] —informally known as Dune and later called Rakis—is a fictional desert planet featured in the Dune series of novels by Frank Herbert.Herbert's first novel in the series, 1965's Dune, is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time, [2] and it is sometimes cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history.
The Bene Gesserit (/ ˈ b ɛ n iː ˈ dʒ ɛ s ər ɪ t /) [1] are a group in Frank Herbert's fictional Dune universe.A powerful social, religious, and political force, the Bene Gesserit is described as an exclusive sisterhood whose members train their bodies and minds through years of physical and mental conditioning to obtain superhuman powers and abilities that seem magical to outsiders. [2]
The series chronicles the early evolution of the Bene Gesserit order into a superpowered mystical sisterhood with great political power.
"Dune: Prophecy" is based on Frank Herbert's "Dune" and "Sisterhood of Dune," a novel written by his son Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.