by Tom Huddleston (Author)
"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.Author Biography
Tom Huddleston is an author, freelance film & TV journalist and former Q&A host at the Twin Peaks UK Festival. His books include The Worlds of Dune, The Worlds of George R.R. Martin and, for younger readers, the acclaimed FloodWorld trilogy. His first grown-up novel The Cracks publishes in 2026. He has written for publications including Time Out, The Guardian and Little White Lies, and currently lives in London.
Number of Pages: 208
Dimensions: 0.76 x 10.49 x 8.56 IN
Publication Date: September 26, 2023
