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{{quote|''"I must not fear.
''Fear is the mind-killer."''
|from the Bene Gesserit Litany Against Fear}}
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|Paul Atreides in the beginning for the first book}}
Popular series of [[Science Fiction]] novels, originated by Frank Herbert and continued after his death by son Brian Herbert. The original novel was rejected twenty times by various publishers before finally being published in 1965 by Chilton, a publishing house best known for its DIY auto repair guides.
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The entire series is steeped in Arabic language and culture; it is implied that, in the distant future in which the books are set, Western and Eastern culture and religion have blended together into a pseudo-homogeneous whole. Religions such as "Mahayana Christianity" and "Zensunni" are referred to though not explicitly described, and many Arabic words have found their way into the standard language spoken by the people of the Galactic Empire, especially after the Fremen crusade spreads aspects of their culture to thousands of worlds. (An extensive glossary is included in the first novel, without which many readers might find it incomprehensible) The Bene Gesserit sisterhood, an order of philosopher-nuns that considers itself the guardian of human civilization, extensively manipulate various religions over a scale of thousands of years in order to protect their agenda. Paul Atreides, through his actions in the first novel, effectively creates a religion of his own, with effects that reverberate throughout the millennia.
''Dune'' has been [[The Film of the Book|adapted into movie form]]
* From the early
** Ultimately, Jodorowsky turned the script into an original graphic novel, ''The Saga of The Metabarons''. Some elements of the plot are heavily influenced by ''Dune'', such as the [[Meaningful Name|Hooker-Nuns Shabda-Oud]] for the Bene Gesserit, with the same kind of genetic agenda.
* The producers turned to a hot new director who had been considered for ''[[
* In 2000,
* In 2021, Denis Villeneuve directed [[Dune (2021 film)|a film based on the first half of the first novel]] and did well at the box office. It is set to follow with ''Dune Part Two'' in 2023.{{verify}}
''Dune'' also served as the inspiration for several popular video games, most notably ''[[Dune II]]: The Building of A Dynasty'' which is the [[Ur Example]] of the modern [[Real Time Strategy]] game.
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Notable for having a [[Shout-Out]] directed at it in almost every videogame with a [[Shifting Sand Land]] area in the form of [[Sand Worm|sandworms]], possibly an example of [[Popcultural Osmosis]].
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== A-H ==
* [[Absent Aliens]]: Unless you count the Sandworms, and their [[Precursors|implied creators]]. Even then, the sentience was added after the fact, by Leto II.
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** As an out-of-universe example, [[Star Wars]] cloned ''Dune'' so well that it [[Trope Codifier|overshadows the source]] in popular culture.
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: A major theme of ''Dune'' is [[You Can't Fight Fate]], so expect these in spades.
** Dr. Yueh's wife, Wanna, is revealed
** We're told how the first of the book's three parts will end in the second chapter, and the book's ending is foretold in the middle of the second part by the protagonist himself.
** In ''Dune Messiah'', the conclusion is hinted at in the second chapter, and by halfway through the novel, the protagonist has a prescient dream in which he foresees the entire rest of the story. The vision guides him even after his eyes get burned out by nuclear radiation. By twenty pages before the climax (a substantial portion of the just 200-page book) it's a definite [[Foregone Conclusion]], except for the [[Plot Twist]] in which Paul foresees only the birth of his daughter, and not her far more significant twin brother—because he's the one who will ultimately take the reins of prophecy from Paul.
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** They also inhale carbon dioxide and breathe out fresh oxygen, working as a substitute for the nearly non-existant plantlife on Arrakis. This also [[Justified Trope|justifies]] why such a [[Single Biome Planet]] can have a breathable atmosphere. The byproducts of the worms are suspiciously Terran-friendly indeed. Various characters [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshade this]] occasionally, even suggesting the idea that sandworms may be in fact [[Lost Technology|Lost]][[Organic Technology]] for terraforming planets ([[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke|created]] [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup|a long time ago]] by humans, presumably).
* [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome]]: Chani. Though she dies relatively late in ''Dune Messiah''.
* [[Super
* [[Super Soldiers]]: The Sardaukar, the original Fremen when organized, the Fish Speakers
** Leto II's Fish Speakers, an [[Amazon Brigade]], become more feared than the Sardaukar.
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