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The Fremen / ˈ f r ɛ m ən / are a group of people in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. First appearing in the 1965 novel Dune, the Fremen inhabit the desert planet Arrakis (also known as Dune), which is the sole known source in the universe of the all-important spice melange. Long overlooked by the rest of the Imperium ...
In Dune, Duke Leto Atreides sends his swordmaster, Duncan Idaho, to build a relationship with the mysterious native Fremen of Arrakis, people tempered by the planet's harsh conditions who Leto realizes are an underestimated and untapped resource. Leto allows Duncan, impressed with the Fremen and their ways, a dual loyalty to both the Atreides ...
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.
In photographing Denis Villeneuve's "Dune: Part Two," cinematographer Greig Fraser says it was "important to create iconic images" for the sequel that sees Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet ...
Time to return to the planet of Arrakis with Paul Atreides, Chani, and more as Dune: Part Two is out, and we've explained the explosive ending to the highly-anticipated sequel. The sci-fi film ...
In Max’s six-part prequel series “Dune: Prophecy,” premiering Sunday, the story will stretch far beyond the vast Spice-infused deserts of the planet Arrakis that Timotheé Chalamet’s ...
The Bene Gesserit are a key social, religious, and political force in Frank Herbert's science fiction Dune universe. The matriarchal group is described as a secretive and exclusive sisterhood whose members train their bodies and minds through years of physical and mental conditioning to obtain superhuman powers and abilities that can seem magical to outsiders.
Herbert wrote five Dune sequel novels (the first of which, Dune Messiah, is definitely on Villeneuve’s radar), but following his death in 1986, his son Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have ...