Arrakis is the only world which possesses melange – or colloquially spice – a powerful drug which enhances mental abilities and extends the user’s life at the cost of a risk of intense addiction and madness. The plot (which I shall ENDEAVOUR to simplify for my readers!) is as follows: Set in the distant future Dune is the story of Paul Atreides the heir presumptive to Duke Leto Atreides who has recently been made steward of the desert planet Arrakis otherwise known as Dune. On top of this in 2003 it was cited as the world’s best selling science fiction novel and since 2009 the names of planets from across the Dune series have been used as the names of plains, craters etc on Saturn’s moon Titan! It also tied for the famed Hugo Award in 1966 and won the inaugural – equally famed – Nebula Award that same year. Dune was originally published as two separate halves in the science fiction magazine Analog Science Fiction And Fact I’ve mentioned in the past when discussing Frozen Hell and Farewell To The Master. The book from 1965 is considered a seminal work in the field to the point that almost all science fiction released since contains some form of giant desert planet (potentially uninhabitable or almost uninhabitable) and several of those contain giant monstrous worms or similar creatures. Dune by Frank Herbert is one of the classic science fiction masterpieces.

Just avoid the sandworms on your way out! But I should get to the point for my readers. It’s just as well you don’t want to know! I don’t think I can effectively answer your question.

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