Frank Herbert's World of Dune

giant sandworms. All of these elements blend into one of the most intricate books of the series. It is full of Mr. Herbert's themes of what it is to be a human.

The final book of the sequence is Chapterhouse Dune. Dune was destroyed. The Bene Gesserit offer the last resistance against the fanatical Honored Matres. They hide the last sandworms on their secret world and plan to create a new Dune with them. This last book ends the series with a powerful ending where everything comes full circle. Mr. Herbert's complex layers completes the series forcefully.

Fortunately, the story continues thanks to Mr. Herbert's son. Brian Herbert, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson, has added three books to the world of Dune. They wrote three prelude novels to the original series. Dune:House Atreides is the story of Duke Leto's and Lady Jessica's love. Dune:House Harkonnen is the story of Duke Leto's battle with members of the Harkonnen family. Duke Leto must stop the emperor's plot of using a synthetic Spice in Dune:House Corrino. There are other books planned for the future.

Frank Herbert's world of Dune is a memorable classic of the Science Fiction genre. The author gave his books a strong sense of "the understanding of consequences" by creating a complex world. He developed a system of layering religion, politics, society, ecology and other factors like the layers of an onion to create a world for his characters to live through. All of his characters are realistic in their reactions to this world. Readers can learn a lot from these intricate books. The "understanding of consequences" theme is very appropriate now since we entered a new era with September 11. Frank Herbert was an author ahead of his time.

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