Herbert continued publishing in the “Dune” series through 1985. He died in 1986 . Still, with 20 other works, the writings of the “Dune” universe extend nearly 60 years.

Frank Herbert's Dune was a miniseries on Syfy that was released more than two decades before Denis Villeneuve's movies, and it's even better in many respects.Using the longer format to adapt more ...

PAGE 25: TORTURE BY EXPOSITION. A major problem with Herbert's script is that it appears to have no perspective on how odd the nomenclature of Dune is for the uninitiated. Take this small exchange ...

Note: Spoilers for decades-old books lie ahead. Frank Herbert’s “Dune” was first published in the mid-1960s, and six decades later, it feels more relevant now than ever before — not so ...

Frank Herbert, who created the series, had a few vague explanations of the Jihad, but never fully explained it. Then, after Frank’s death in 1986, his son Brian took over the series and wrote a ...

"Dune: Prophecy" is based on Frank Herbert's "Dune" and "Sisterhood of Dune," a novel written by his son Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

Frank Herbert’s Dune novels have so much sex not seen in Dune: ... The Bene Gesserit have spent 90 generations on a selective breeding project meant to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, ...

Denis Villeneuve's sequel to his stirring adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel introduces conflicts and characterizations the book never bothered with, but should have. Accessibility links.

When writer Frank Herbert saw the dunes in 1957, he was inspired by the awesome power of the sand. A few years later, he published his science fiction novel "Dune." (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "DUNE") ...