Dune Saga - Books

 

Dune saga - books 

I fell in love with the Dune books so many moons ago. Because of the new upcoming movie by Denis Villeneuve, I had to go back and read the first book. I immediately followed by the remaining five books, to remind and recapture what I felt all these years ago. I keep going back and to this date, they did not disappoint.


There's a whole lot of material to digest if you choose to do. So, here are the reading materials to tackle the books in order.


§  Dune

§  Dune Messiah

§  Children of Dune

§  God Emperor of Dune

§  Heretics of Dune

§  Chapterhouse: Dune



Two decades later, the author’s son, Brian Herbert, along with Kevin J. Anderson, penned a sequel based on the notes that were left behind by Frank Herbert. Start with Hunters of Dune and work your way through. It does fill the gaps left after book six, Chapter House Dune starting with…

 

§  Sisterhood of dune

§  Hunters of Dune

§  Sandworms of Dune


Go Deeper

One of the things I love about Frank Herbert's, Dune book saga is the complete tale as a whole story; it goes beyond the obvious in the first book.

When governments and religions blend it produces a deadly paradox, it’s a system that’s not stable. Humans are fallible, and we need to question our leaders, grow and question our beliefs, and where they come from. We don’t have an Emperor Leto to make the sacrifice and set us onto the golden path – to survive and not offer our freedom so easily to a charismatic leader who can become a tyrant and take away your freedom. It’s about the political, and social system. It’s happened in the past and it will happen in the future.

The books are philosophical, political, religious, social-environmental issues and messianic figures in religion. Let’s take a look around the world today.

So it’s so worth looking at the six books by Frank Herbert, and coming up with your own decisions about the Dune saga.


Check Out!

One of the guys I love to listen to on YouTube and debate to myself on the Dune subject of the Dune saga is Quinn’s Ideas. Have a listen.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1rFmaGLYr0Ve_Y_soxZNWQ


 Also check out the interview with Frank Herbert in 1965 regarding his thoughts on books, his inspirations and the ideology of the books. It’s a deep dive and I absolutely love it as it changed some of my own thoughts as to what the book was about and at the same time confirmed some of my assumptions.

https://youtu.be/A-mLVVJkH7I

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