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<div>== Starting Point... ==<br />
Should we just start ahead with making a small stub article of every book/movie/game/miniseries ?<br /><br />
Some portions can just be copied from Wikipedia, it's GPL so that is fine anyway<br /><br />
--[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 04:16, 20 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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Yeah, as you said I think to start out we need to have the basic layout of how things will be organized. Better to start with that first rather then have to fix it once we are a few months in.<br />
I would first start by categorizing things by media type. So novels, movies, video games. And then sub-categories based on titles. How does that sound?<br />
--Gobalopper<br />
::We need to get a good chunk of at least one article done as a guide, as well as just categories and so forth.--[[User:NemaFakei|NemaFakei]] 18:38, 20 February 2006 (PST)<br />
Agreed, for the rest we'll just make some template articles for all the obvious subjects (e.g. ''Dune Messiah'' or ''Bene Gesserit'') and then we can make categories we can place those articles in. <br /><br />
--[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 04:12, 21 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Main Page layout ==<br />
Another matter is the layout of the Main Page. It would be nice to have a featured article, but what else is there that can make the Main Page a fine place to start? A "Did you know that ...?", a featured picture, or a small headline with the latest news?<br /><br />
--[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 04:12, 21 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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That sounds good... maybe while we are still developing the wiki a box that lists where we feel things need to be expanded upon.<br /><br />
-- [[User:Gobalopper|Gobalopper]] 09:00, 21 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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I think that would be very nice. <br /><br />
Then we have at least 2 boxes for the Main Page (the other one is the featured article) so at least that can be implemented. New stuff can always be added later on. <br /><br />
--[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 10:06, 21 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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There is no article that can be featured right now, so we should just stick with a list of open tasks. The main page should also be a navigation tool, pointing the reader towards important "entry point" articles (e.g. the Dune novels, people, places, organizations...) -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 07:05, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
::But it would be nice to have the code for that already implemented. For now we can just pick one "completed" article and put that as featured (that Wikipedia changes it every day doesn't mean we have to) Once more complete articles start to pop up it can always be expanded. But I agree it is best to start with the list of open tasks, since the featured article code is a little bit complex to add in as minor edit. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 07:33, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Organisation ==<br />
One thing I was thinking of, in order to keep things organized, was using subdirectories. So for novels it would be Novels/Dune_Chapterhouse, games Games/DuneII, etc. Does that make sense?<br /><br />
-- [[User:Gobalopper|Gobalopper]] 08:55, 21 February 2006 (PST)<br />
:I don't think that would be necessary for major items like novels. However, in certain contexts, such as [[Dune II/Atreides Arsenal]], it might be worth it (I don't want to have DII unit data on the [[House Atreides]] page).--[[User:NemaFakei|NemaFakei]] 05:37, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
::Subdirectories are unwieldy. I much prefer using categories and templates. (To see what a template can do, look over the wikipedia article on, for example, Christianity. You'll see a navigational sidebar on the right. That's a template.) As for Dune II unit data, shouldn't it go in the [[Dune II]] article? One thing I've noticed on wikipedia is that people are far more likely to see the information in the main article on a subject than the information in secondary articles. -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 06:19, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
::I agree with Edric. Besides, I think that every unit may have its own article, there is plenty of information available on all units seen in Dune games. Those units can then be placed in the right categories (would this be a good category tree: Sources - Games - Dune II - Units?) --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 07:43, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
:::Maybe some of the most famous units (e.g. [[Deviator]]) could have their own articles, but I see no point in ever creating articles for light infantry or troopers or combat tanks. Keep in mind that '''it is better to have one large article than a bunch of short ones'''. Thus, perhaps we should put all unit information in [[Units in Dune II]], [[Units in Dune 2000]] and [[Units in Emperor: Battle for Dune]]. -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 10:12, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
::::Ok, you are right about that. When I came up with the suggestion I was thinking about such units as the [[Deviator]], but indeed units like the Light Infantry have no real impact. Although I do think we may go into much detail about units, like giving information about weapons power or health for example. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 11:18, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
::Well as an example look at the unit information on the main site, there really isn't a ton of information you can use so I think doing a single page is the best approach, especially for a starting point. --[[User:Gobalopper|Gobalopper]] 19:51, 28 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Templates ==<br />
What about stubs? I've seen them in a few places on Wikipedia but I'm not sure how they are setup. Do they allow you to include that content in multiple pages? I can see a number of instances where we could use the same data on multiple pages.<br /><br />
-- [[User:Gobalopper|Gobalopper]] 09:02, 21 February 2006 (PST)<br />
:Use the template <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki>, which automatically adds the article to Category:Stubs--[[User:NemaFakei|NemaFakei]] 05:37, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
You mean content which can be included in other articles, and once you change that content it will be changed in all the articles that included it. I believe the include syntax for Wikipedia is: "<nowiki>{{Insert Article to include here}}</nowiki>". But I'm not totally sure about that, but I know it can be done. <br /><br />
--[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 10:01, 21 February 2006 (PST)<br />
:Just write an article called ''Template:Insert name here'' (in other words, write an article in the template namespace). Then you can instantly add it to any "normal" article by using the syntax <nowiki>{{Insert name here}}</nowiki>. -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 06:13, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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:I've created a template for the original novels ([[Template:Dune novels]]) and added it to the six articles on FH's books. -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 07:05, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Images? ==<br />
Gob, can you enable image uploading? I've edited the code in my two templates to allow for a different image to be used in each article that contains them (as opposed to using a fixed image for the template). This means that, when you add the template, you have to write <nowiki>{{template_name|image= image_name}}</nowiki> (if you don't want an image, just leave "image_name" blank). -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 16:00, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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Ok, I beleve uploads are now enabled.<br /><br />
-- [[User:Gobalopper|Gobalopper]] 19:49, 28 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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:Thanks. I've uploaded a few game-related images. About how much upload space do we have? -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 12:45, 1 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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::Not sure, just let me know if you run out. -- [[User:Gobalopper|Gobalopper]] 21:42, 5 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Primary articles ==<br />
I propose that 5 primary (or "entry point") articles should be created, and links to them should be displayed prominently on the main page:<br />
*[[Dune universe]] (or [[Duniverse]])<br />
*[[Dune novels]] (FH's books)<br />
*[[Dune prequels]] (BH's and KJA's books)<br />
*[[Dune movies]]<br />
*[[Dune games]]<br />
-- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 16:00, 27 February 2006 (PST)<br />
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== New main page layout ==<br />
As I'm sure you've noticed, I created a new layout for the main page (mostly from wikipedia code), using the following templates:<br />
*[[Template:MainPageIntro]] - the top header of the main page.<br />
*[[Template:MainPageBanner]] - an optional banner that can be used to display any important information. At the moment it is blank.<br />
*[[Template:Improvement drive]] - should display the first paragraph(s) of the article we select to be the improvement drive of the month. Later on, we might replace this with a featured article instead.<br />
*[[Template:Message]] - contains any general message to our readers that you want to display on the main page.<br />
If you want to change any actual text on the main page, you should edit the respective template. Edits to the main page itself are only useful if you want to alter the layout. -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 22:38, 4 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Things to do before the grand opening ==<br />
#Setup the 5 primary ("entry point") articles. See above.<br />
#Create 2 more navigation bar templates: Dune prequels and Dune movies.<br />
#Import all useful information from wikipedia.<br />
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'''DONE!''' Dune Wiki is now ready for the Grand opening! -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 10:14, 13 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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Actually, I there is one small thing to do. That is to fix the title of the ''Dune Encyclopedia''. There's a 'a' in "paedia" which shouldn't be there. <br /><br />
And please see this idea: [[Dune Wiki talk:Guidelines for importing text]] <br /><br />
[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 11:02, 13 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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:I think the ''a'' was Nema's doing... I defer all grammar decisions to him. :) -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 11:39, 13 March 2006 (PST)<br />
::That's probably me. I suppose we've got to use the proper title. Damned Americans and their impedance!--[[User:NemaFakei|NemaFakei]] 12:20, 13 March 2006 (PST)<br />
:::That's what you get with reading American books. Luckily we "continentals" can be neutral. <br />Anyway, I now agree with Edric that it's time for the Grand opening. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 13:29, 13 March 2006 (PST)<br />
:Ok I've just updated MediaWiki to 1.5.7 so software wise we are running the latest version.<br />
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== Current events and community portal? ==<br />
Gob, you might want to remove the Current events and Community portal links from the menu to the left, seeing how those two articles don't exist (and we don't plan to create them). -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 12:08, 10 March 2006 (PST)<br />
:Actually, we should really move the contents of this talk page to the CP, so as to leave the main page talk clear for the main page discussion. Ultimately, we want a main page useful to users, and a CP useful to editors, the difference being that the CP will display the worst pages (i.e. a todo list), and the main page will display our best pages. --[[User:NemaFakei|NemaFakei]] 09:10, 13 March 2006 (PST)<br />
::Seems reasonable. But ''current events'', at least, should be removed. -- [[User:Edric O|Edric O]] 11:40, 13 March 2006 (PST)<br />
:http://wiki.dune2k.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Sidebar For the future I found out that the menu can be edited through that link. Sysop's only. -- [[User:Gobalopper|Gobalopper]] 14:32, 13 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Huh! ==<br />
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I've created a Leto_Atreides page, yet the link on the main page doesn't work...<br />
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--[[User:Dunenewt|Dunenewt]] 15:04, 22 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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Seems to work fine for me... Have you tried reloading the page, or ctrl reload? --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 15:13, 22 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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I'm still getting it, even in IE...weird. Yeah I've Ctr F5'd it...<br />
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--[[User:Dunenewt|Dunenewt]] 15:19, 22 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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==Dune wiki in other languages ==<br />
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What do you think? --[[User:Historik|Historik]] 00:37, 15 April 2006 (PDT)<br />
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I think we should get more done in english firt. Besides, is anyone actually visiting this?--[[User:Mahdi|Mahdi]] 08:58, 15 April 2006 (PDT)<br />
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Je pense que ce serait trop difficile parce qu'il n'y a sufficiment de membres de FED2k qui peuvent nous aider.<br />
Basically, there aren't enough people who could contribute, and as Mahdi says, we need to get this one going first.<br />
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--[[User:Dunenewt|Dunenewt]] 07:36, 16 April 2006 (PDT)<br />
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:O.k. For fans from CZ and SK we are going to create our own wiki project, I hope. There was chance to make international Dune-wiki... our [http://www.dune.sk/index.htm Encyklopedia Duny] will be a core of this project. --[[User:Historik|Historik]] 04:48, 21 July 2006 (PDT)<br />
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::How exactly does one make a wiki such as this "international" anyway? [[User:Zerobot|Zerobot]] 12:38, 27 December 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Standards ==<br />
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I am new to these fiction Wikis, but after reading some of the Brian Herbert novels and then starting to re-read Frank Herbert's works, I really felt like a Dune wiki needed to happen. There are some things that don't seem to jibe, and a wiki is a great place to suss this all out. However, we need to have some standards here. Some questions that might help us get started:<br />
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:- Is this encyclopedia an attempt at a sort of Dune Universe wikipedia? That is, should all details from the books/games/films/etc be written as fact (as seen from within the Duniverse...), or should they always be qualified as part of a fiction?<br />
:- Are we worried about distinguishing WHERE every bit of information comes from? Might it be advisable to divide up each article based on which book the information came from?<br />
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I may start some edits, trying out new templates and such things, if you don't mind. I find this is a fascinating concept, as the Dune universe is ripe for a Wiki. Thanks for having me.[[User:Zerobot|Zerobot]] 12:48, 27 December 2006 (PST)<br />
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Forgive me...I see that there is a template already established. I blame my fervor for contributing. I will read over it and comment...[[User:Zerobot|Zerobot]] 13:38, 27 December 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
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Also, I think it would be a great idea to establish some sort of a well-referenced timeline, even if it gets a bit messy. There are a few things mentioned in the Dune books that are significant, but confusing in the light of history. And there are some minor things that might shed some more light on that history when examined.[[User:Zerobot|Zerobot]] 13:07, 27 December 2006 (PST)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Dune2k.com_Wiki:Community_Portal&diff=3140Dune2k.com Wiki:Community Portal2007-07-22T18:49:27Z<p>Timenn: Reverted edits by VhgD3q (Talk); changed back to last version by Timenn</p>
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<div>The community portal is the central place to find out what's happening on the DuneWiki. Learn what tasks need to be done, and get or post news about recent events or current activities.<br />
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== Work to be done ==<br />
''Add any major issues that need to be addressed here''<br />
* Refer to [[Special:Wantedpages|this page]] to see pages that are in most urgent need of being added<br />
** Main character pages need to be added<br />
* All pages that were copied straight from Wikipedia need to be wikified to our standard<br />
** Remove all unnecessary tags<br />
** Correct images added<br />
** Any reference to "Frank Herbert's fiction universe" deleted, as this is already assumed<br />
* All pages should be linked to, so [[Special:Lonelypages|this page]] should be empty<br />
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== News ==<br />
Community Portal added --[[User:Dunenewt|Dunenewt]] 13:03, 22 March 2006 (PST)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Liet-Kynes&diff=3135Liet-Kynes2007-07-18T16:16:47Z<p>Timenn: corrected spelling</p>
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<div>Father of [[Chani Kynes]]. Son of [[Pardot Kynes]].<br />
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Liet was the [[imperial ecologist]] on [[Arrakis]] after the death of his father. He was also the [[judges of the change]] when [[House Atreides]] took over control of [[Arrakis]]. <br />
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Apart from being in the service of the emperor he was also (and more importantly) the leader of the [[Fremen]] when House Atreides took control of Arrakis. In this capacity he saved the lives of [[Paul Atreides]] and his mother [[Jessica]].<br />
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Liet died in the desert due to the Baron [[Vladimir Harkonnen]].<br />
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[[Category:Characters]]</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Dune2k.com_Wiki:About&diff=3119Dune2k.com Wiki:About2007-07-16T12:22:00Z<p>Timenn: Reverted edits by Id4S8t (Talk); changed back to last version by Timenn</p>
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<div>== About Dune Wiki ==<br />
Dune Wiki is a project started by members of the [[FED2k]] community. Its purpose is to create one encyclopedia for everything related to the [[Dune universe]].</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Frank_Herbert&diff=3104Frank Herbert2007-07-03T21:55:43Z<p>Timenn: Reverted edits by Br9Gpa (Talk); changed back to last version by Timenn</p>
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'''Frank Patrick Herbert''' (October 8, 1920 &ndash; February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. He is best known for the novel ''[[Dune]]'', and the five other novels in the [[Dune novels|series]] that followed it. The Dune saga dealt with themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of [[religion]], [[politics]], and power, and is considered to be one of the greatest science fiction tales ever written, and as a classic of literature in general.<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Frank Herbert was born in 1920 in Tacoma, Washington. He knew from an early age that he wanted to be a writer, and in 1939 he lied about his age in order to get his first newspaper job on the ''Glendale Star''.<br />
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There was a temporary hiatus to his writing career as he served in the United States Navy as a photographer during World War II. He married Flora Parkinson in 1941, but divorced her in 1945 after fathering a daughter. <br />
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After the war he attended the University of Washington, where he met Beverly Ann Stuart at a creative writing class in 1946. They were the only students in the class who had sold any work for publication&mdash;Herbert had sold two pulp adventure stories to magazines, and Stuart had sold a story to ''Modern Romance'' magazine. They married in Seattle, Washington on June 20, 1946. Their first son, [[Brian Herbert]], was born in 1947. Frank Herbert did not graduate from college, according to Brian, because he only wanted to study what interested him and so didn't complete the required courses. <br />
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After college he returned to journalism and worked at the ''[[Seattle Star]]'' and the ''[[Oregon Statesman]]''; he was also a writer and editor for the ''[[San Francisco Examiner|San Francisco Examiner's]]'' ''California Living'' magazine for a decade. <br />
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Herbert began reading [[science fiction]] in the forties and in the 1950s began to write it, with short stories appearing in ''[[Startling Stories]]'' and other magazines. During the next decade he published nearly 20 short stories.<br />
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His career as a novelist began with the publication of ''[[The Dragon in the Sea]]'' in [[1955]], where he used the environment of a 21st-century submarine as a way to explore sanity and madness. The book predicted worldwide conflicts over [[petroleum|oil]] consumption and production. It was a critical success but not a major commercial one.<br />
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Herbert began researching ''Dune'' in [[1959]] and was able to devote himself more wholeheartedly to his writing career because his wife returned to work full time as an advertising writer for department stores, becoming the main breadwinner during the sixties. Herbert later related in an interview with Willis E. McNeilly that the novel originated when he was supposed to do a magazine article on sand dunes in [[Florence, Oregon]], but he got too involved in it and ended up with far more raw material than needed for a single article. The article was never written, but it did serve as the seed for the ideas that led to ''Dune''.<br />
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After six years of research and writing, ''Dune'' was completed by [[1965]]. Far longer than commercial science fiction of the time was supposed to be, it was serialized in [[Analog (magazine)|Analog]] magazine in two separate parts, in 1963 and 1965. It was then rejected by nearly twenty book publishers before finally being accepted. One editor prophetically wrote back "''I might be making the mistake of the decade, but...,''" before rejecting the manuscript. But Chilton, a minor publishing house in Philadelphia, gave Herbert a $7500 advance, and ''Dune'' was soon a critical success. It won the [[Nebula Award]] for Best Novel in 1965 and shared the [[Hugo Award]] in [[1966]]. ''Dune'' was the first [[ecology|ecological]] science fiction novel, containing a multitude of big, inter-relating themes and multiple character viewpoints, a method that ran through all Herbert's mature work.<br />
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The book was not an instant best seller. By [[1968]] Herbert had made $20,000 from it, far more than most science-fiction novels of the time were generating, but this was not enough to let him take up full-time writing. However, the publication of ''Dune'' did open doors for him. He was the ''[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer|Seattle Post-Intelligencer's]]'' education writer from [[1969]] to [[1972]] and lecturer in general and interdisciplinary studies at the University of Washington ([[1970]]&ndash;2). He worked in Vietnam and Pakistan as social and ecological consultant in [[1972]]. In [[1973]] he was director-photographer of the television show ''The Tillers''.<br />
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{{QuoteSidebar|40%|#eeffff|right|Quotation|''A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You're there now doing the thing on paper. You're not killing the goose, you're just producing an egg. So I don't worry about inspiration, or anything like that. It's a matter of just sitting down and working. I have never had the problem of a writing block. I've heard about it. I've felt reluctant to write on some days, for whole weeks, or sometimes even longer. I'd much rather go fishing. for example. or go sharpen pencils, or go swimming, or what not. But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and when I had to sit down and say, "Well, now it's writing time and now I'll write." There's no difference on paper between the two.''|Frank Herbert}}<br />
By 1972 he was able to become a full-time writer and during the 1970s and 1980s he enjoyed considerable commercial success as an author. He lived between [[Hawaii]] and [[Washington]] state. During this time he wrote numerous books and pushed ecological and philosophical ideas. He continued his ''Dune'' saga, following it with ''[[Dune Messiah]]'', ''[[Children of Dune]]'' and ''[[God Emperor of Dune]]''. Other highlights were ''[[The Dosadi Experiment]]'', ''[[The Godmakers]]'', ''[[The White Plague]]'' and the books he wrote in partnership with [[Bill Ransom]]: ''[[The Jesus Incident]]'', ''[[The Lazarus Effect]]'' and ''[[The Ascension Factor]]''. <br />
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But his change in fortune was shaded by tragedy. In [[1974]], Beverly underwent an operation for [[cancer]] that gave her ten more years of life, but adversely affected her health. She died on [[February 7]], [[1984]]. In his afterword to ''[[Chapterhouse Dune]]'', Herbert wrote a moving eulogy for his wife.<br />
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1984 was a tumultuous year in Herbert's life. In the same year that his wife died, his career took off with the release of [[David Lynch]]'s film version of ''Dune''. Despite high expectations, a big-budget production design and an A-list cast, the movie drew mostly poor reviews in the [[United States]]. However, despite a disappointing response in the USA, the film was a critical and commercial success in [[Europe]] and [[Japan]]. The same year Herbert published the fifth book in the Dune saga, ''[[Heretics of Dune]]''. Finally, following the death of Beverly, Herbert married Theresa Shackelford later in the year. <br />
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In 1986 Herbert published ''[[Chapterhouse Dune|Chapterhouse: Dune]]'', which tied up many of the saga's story threads. This was to be Herbert's final single work &mdash; he died of [[pancreatic cancer]] on [[February 11]], [[1986]], in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], at the age of 65.<br />
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== Continuation of the series ==<br />
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In recent years, [[Brian Herbert]] (Frank's son) and [[Kevin J. Anderson]] have begun adding to the [[Dune universe]], using notes left behind by Frank Herbert on both the history of the [[Dune universe]] before the events of ''Dune'' and the novel he had planned to follow ''Chapterhouse: Dune''. They are now preparing two post-Chapterhouse novels ([[Hunters of Dune]] and [[Sandworms of Dune]]) based on the "Dune 7" outline Frank Herbert left behind at his death.<br />
See also [[Frank Herbert#Controversies|'Controversies']] below.<br />
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== Ideas and themes==<br />
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Frank Herbert used his science fiction novels to explore complex ideas involving [[philosophy]], [[religion]], [[psychology]], [[politics]] and [[ecology]], which have inspired many of his readers to become interested in these areas. The underlying thrust in Frank Herbert's work was his fascination with the question of human survival and [[evolution]]. Frank Herbert has attracted a fanatical fanbase, many of whom have tried to read everything Frank Herbert has written, fiction or non-fiction, and see Frank Herbert as something of a guru. Indeed such was the devotion of some of his readers that Frank Herbert was at times accused of trying to create a cult.<br />
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There are a number of key themes in Herbert's work:<br><br />
* A concern with [[Leadership]]. He especially explored the human tendency for human beings to follow charismatic leaders slavishly. He delved deeply into both the flaws and potentials of [[bureaucracy]] and [[government]].<br />
* Herbert was probably the first science fiction author to popularise ideas about [[Ecology]] and [[Systems Thinking]]. He stressed the need for humans to think both systematically and long term. <br />
* The relationship between [[religion]], [[politics]] and [[power (sociology)|power]].<br />
* Human survival and evolution: Herbert writes of the [[Fremen]], the [[Sardaukar]], and the [[The Dosadi Experiment|Dosadi]], who are molded by their terrible living conditions into dangerous super-races.<br />
* Human possibilities and potential: Herbert offered [[Mentat]]s, the [[Bene Gesserit]] and the [[Bene Tleilax|Bene Tleilax]] as different visions of human possibilities.<br />
* The nature of [[sanity]] and [[Mental illness|madness]]. Frank Herbert was interested in the work of [[Thomas Szasz]] and [[Anti-psychiatry]].<br />
* The possible effects and consequences of consciousness altering chemicals, such as [[Melange|Spice]] in the Dune saga.<br />
* How [[language]] shapes the way people [[thought|think]]. More specifically Frank Herbert was influenced by [[Alfred Korzybski]]'s [[General Semantics]]<br />
* [[Sociobiology]]. How our instincts unconsciously influence our behaviour and society.<br />
* [[Learning]], [[teaching]] and [[thinking]].<br />
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Frank Herbert carefully refrained from offering his readers firm answers to many of the questions he explored.<br />
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== Status and impact in science fiction ==<br />
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''Dune'' is the best-selling science fiction novel, and the ''Dune'' saga is the best-selling science fiction series, ever. In addition, ''Dune'' has received widespread critical acclaim, winning the [[Nebula Award]] in 1965 and sharing the Hugo Award in 1966. According to contemporary [[Robert A. Heinlein]], Herbert's opus was "Powerful, convincing, and most ingenious."<br />
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''Dune'' is also considered a landmark novel for a number of reasons:<br />
* Like [[Robert A. Heinlein|Robert Heinlein]]'s 1961 ''[[Stranger in a Strange Land]]'', Herbert's 1963 ''Dune'' represented a move toward a more [[literary]] approach to the science fiction novel. Before this period, it was often said that all a SF novel needed to be successful was a great technological idea. Characterization and great story took a distant second place.<br />
* ''Dune'' is a landmark of [[soft science fiction]]. Herbert deliberately suppressed technology in his Dune universe so he could address the future of humanity, rather than the future of Humanity's technology. ''Dune'' considers the way humans and their institutions might change over time.<br />
* ''Dune'' was the first major ecological SF novel. Frank Herbert was a great populariser of scientific ideas; many of his fans credit Frank Herbert for introducing them to philosophy and psychology. In ''Dune'' he helped popularize the term 'ecology', and some of the field's concepts, vividly imparting a sense of planetary awareness. Gerald Jonas explains in the [[The New York Times|New York Times]] Book Review: "''So completely did Mr. Herbert work out the interactions of man and beast and geography and climate that [Dune] became the standard for a new subgenre of `ecological' science fiction.''" As popularity of Dune rose, Herbert embarked on a lecture tour of college campuses, explaining how the environmental concerns of Dune's inhabitants were analogous to our own.<br />
* Finally ''Dune'' is considered truly epic world building. [[Library Journal|The Library Journal]] reports that "''Dune is to science fiction what [[The Lord of the Rings]] is to fantasy.''" Frank Herbert imagined every facet of his creation &mdash; lovingly including glossaries, quotes, documents and histories &mdash; to bring his universe alive to his readers, and no science fiction novel before it had such a deeply realized reality.<br />
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Herbert wrote over twenty novels after ''Dune'' that some regard as being of variable quality. Books like ''[[The Green Brain]]'', ''[[The Santaroga Barrier]]'' and ''[[Hellstrom's Hive]]'' seemed to hark back to the days before ''Dune'' when a good technological idea was all that was needed to drive a sci-fi novel. And some fans of the ''Dune'' saga are critical of the follow-up novels as being sub-par.<br />
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Herbert never equalled the critical acclaim he received from ''Dune''. Neither his sequels to ''Dune'' nor any of his other books won a Hugo or [[Nebula Award|Nebula]], although almost all of them were New York Times' Bestsellers. Some felt that ''[[Children of Dune]]'' was almost too literary and too dark to get the recognition it may have deserved, and that ''The Dosadi Experiment'' lacked an epic quality fans had come to expect. <br />
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To conclude, Malcolm Edwards in the ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'' wrote:<br />
: "''Much of [Herbert's] work makes difficult reading. His ideas were genuinely developed concepts, not merely decorative notions, but they were sometimes embodied in excessively complicated plots and articulated in prose which did not always match the level of thinking...His best novels, however, were the work of a speculative intellect with few rivals in modern [science fiction].''"<br />
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== Controversies ==<br />
Since his death the main controversy among his fans is whether the new Dune books by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson should be considered canonical. Critics opine that these books do not have the quality of the original series, and lack the articulation of complex ideas about human life that were such a concern of Frank Herbert. Brian Herbert claims that his father had asked him to write further Dune novels (particularly the story of the Butlerian Jihad). Some interpret this to mean that the new books follow Frank's wishes and intent, but others disagree. Some fans doubt that Brian Herbert and Anderson even have the notes and outlines they claim to have found left behind by Frank Herbert - they cite the descrepancies in the writing and how conveniently these notes surfaced just as the project to write the new books began.<br />
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==Film adaptations==<br />
A film of the novel ''[[Dune (film)|Dune]]'' was directed by [[David Lynch]] in 1984. Although panned by many fans and film critics, Frank Herbert was pleased with the movie. It has done well on video and DVD.<br />
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''Dune'' was made into a TV mini-series by the [[Sci Fi Channel (United States)]] in 2000. This was commercially successful and the Sci-Fi channel continued the Dune saga with a further mini-series in 2003 entitled ''Children of Dune'', which merges the plots of the novels ''Dune Messiah'' and ''Children of Dune''<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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===Fiction===<br />
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====Novels====<br />
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*''[[The Dragon in the Sea]]'': Serial publication: Astounding, November 1955 &ndash; January 1956 First edition: New York: Doubleday, 1956, under the title The Dragon in the Sea. Also titled Under Pressure.<br />
*''[[Dune]]'': Serial publication: Analog, December 1963 &ndash; February 1964 (Part I, as "Dune World"), and January &ndash; May 1965 (Parts II and III, as "The Prophet of Dune").First edition: Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965 <br />
*''[[The Green Brain]]'': Serial publication: Amazing, March 1965, under the title "Greenslaves." First edition: New York: Ace, 1966 <br />
*''[[Destination: Void]]'': Serial publication: Galaxy, August 1965, as "Do I Wake or Dream?"First edition: New York: Berkley, 1966 revised in 1978 <br />
*''[[The Eyes of Heisenberg]]'': Serial publication: Galaxy, June &ndash; August 1966, as "Heisenberg's Eyes."First edition: New York: Berkley, 1966 <br />
*''[[The Heaven Makers]]'': Serial publication: Amazing, April &ndash; June 1967. First edition: New York: Avon, 1968 <br />
*''[[The Santaroga Barrier]]'': Serial publication: Amazing, October 1967 &ndash; February 1968. First edition: New York: Berkley, 1968<br />
*''[[Dune Messiah]]'': serial publication: Galaxy, July &ndash; November 1969. First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970.<br />
*''[[Whipping Star]]'': Serial publication: Worlds of If, January &ndash; April 1970. First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1970. <br />
*''[[Soul Catcher]]'': Serial publication: none First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. <br />
*''[[The Godmakers]]'': Serial publication: Astounding, May 1958, "You Take the High Road," Astounding, May 1959 "Operation Haystack," and Fantastic, February 1960, "The Priests of Psi." First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1972. <br />
*''[[Hellstrom's Hive]]'': Serial publication: Galaxy, November 1972 &ndash; March 1973, "Project 40." First edition: New York: Doubleday, 1973. <br />
*''[[Children of Dune]]'': Serial publication: Analog, January &ndash; April 1976, "Children of Dune" First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1976. <br />
*''[[The Dosadi Experiment]]'': Serial publication: Galaxy, May &ndash; August 1977 "The Dosadi Experiment" First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1977. <br />
*''[[The Jesus Incident]]'' (with Bill Ransom): Serial publication: Analog, February 1979 <br />
*''[[Direct Descent]]'': Serial publication: Astounding, December 1954 "Packrat Planet" First edition: New York: Ace Books, 1980. <br />
*''[[God Emperor of Dune]]'': Serial publication: none First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1981. <br />
*''[[The White Plague]]'': First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1982. <br />
*''[[The Lazarus Effect]]'' (with Bill Ransom): First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1983. <br />
*''[[Heretics of Dune]]'': First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. <br />
*''[[Chapterhouse: Dune]]'': First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. <br />
*''[[Man of Two Worlds]]'' (with Brian Herbert): First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1986. <br />
*''[[The Ascension Factor]]'' (with Bill Ransom): First edition: New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1988.<br />
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====Short fiction collections====<br />
*''The Worlds of Frank Herbert'': First edition: New York: Ace, 1971 <br />
**Contains: "The Tactful Saboteur," "By the Book," "Committee of the Whole," "Mating Call," "Escape Felicity," "The GM Effect," "The Featherbedders," "Old Rambling House," and "A-W-F Unlimited."<br />
*''The Book of Frank Herbert'': First edition: New York: DAW Books, 1973 (paper) <br />
**Contains: "Seed Stock," "The Nothing," "Rat Race," "Gambling Device," " Looking for Something," "The Gone Dogs," "Passage for Piano," "Encounter in a Lonely Place," "Operation Syndrome," and "Occupation Force."<br />
*''The Best of Frank Herbert'', also published as:''The Best of Frank Herbert 1952 - 1964'' and ''The Best of Frank Herbert 1965 - 1970''<br />
**Contains: "Looking for something?," "Nightmare Blues," "Dragon in the Sea (extract)," "Cease Fire," ""Egg and Ashes," "Marie Celeste Move."<br />
** "Committee of the Whole," "Dune (extract)," "By the book," "The Primitives," "The Heaven Makers (extract)," "Seed Stock."<br />
*''The Priests of Psi''<br />
**Contains: "Try to Remember," "Old Rambling House," "Murder Will In," "Mindfield," "The Priests of Psi."<br />
*''Eye'', (Jim Burns (Illustrator)): First edition: New York: Berkley, 1985.<br />
**Contains: "Rat Race," "Dragon in the Sea," "Cease Fire," "A Matter of Traces," "Try to Remember," 'The Tactful Saboteur," "The Road to Dune," "By the Book," Seed Stock," Murder Will In," "Passage for Piano," "Death of a City," and "Frogs and Scientists."<br />
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====Short fiction====<br />
*''Survival of the Cunning'' Esquire, March 1945. <br />
*''Yellow Fire'' Alaska Life (Alaska Territorial Magazine), June 1947. <br />
*''Looking for Something?'' Startling Stories, April 1952.<br />
*''Operation Syndrome'' Astounding, June 1954. also in T.E. Dikty's Best Science Fiction Stories and Novels, 1955 series<br />
*''The Gone Dogs'' Amazing, November 1954. <br />
*''Packrat Planet'' Astounding, December 1954. <br />
*''Rat Race'' Astounding, July 1955. <br />
*''Occupation Force'' Fantastic, August 1955. <br />
*''The Nothing'' Fantastic Universe, January 1956. <br />
*''Cease Fire'' Astounding, January 1956. <br />
*''Old Rambling House'' Galaxy, April 1958. <br />
*''You Take the High Road'' Astounding, May 1958. <br />
*''A Matter of Traces'' Fantastic Universe, November 1958. <br />
*''Missing Link'' Astounding, February 1959. also in Author's Choice Ed. Harry Harrison, New York: Berkley, 1968 <br />
*''Operation Haystack'' Astounding, May 1959.<br />
*''The Priests of Psi'' Fantastic, February 1960. <br />
*''Egg and Ashes'' Worlds of If, November 1960. <br />
*''A-W-F Unlimited'' Galaxy, June 1961. <br />
*''Try to Remember'' Amazing, October 1961. <br />
*''Mating Call'' Galaxy, October 1961. <br />
*''Mindfield'' Amazing, March 1962. <br />
*''The Mary Celeste Move'' Analog, October 1964. <br />
*''[[The Tactful Saboteur]]'' Galaxy, October 1964. <br />
*''Greenslaves'' Amazing, March 1965. <br />
*''Committee of the Whole'' Galaxy, April 1965. <br />
*''The GM Effect'' Analog, June 1965. <br />
*''Do I Wake or Dream?'' Galaxy, August 1965. <br />
*''The Primitives'' Galaxy, April 1966.<br />
*''Escape Felicity'' Analog, June 1966.<br />
*''By the Book'' Analog, August 1966. <br />
*''The Featherbedders'' Analog, August 1967. <br />
*''The Mind Bomb'' Worlds of If, October 1969. <br />
*''Seed Stock"'' Analog, April 1970. <br />
*''Murder Will In'' The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1970. <br />
*''Project 40'' (three installments) Galaxy, November 1972 &ndash; March 1973. also in Five Fates by Keith Laumer, Poul Anderson, Frank Herbert, Gordon Dickson and Harlan Ellson. New York: Doubleday, 1970 <br />
*''Encounter in a Lonely Place'' in The Book of Frank Herbert New York: DAW Books, 1973.<br />
*''Gambling Device'' in The Book of Frank Herbert New York: DAW Books, 1973.<br />
*''Passage for Piano'' in The Book of Frank Herbert New York: DAW Books, 1973. <br />
*''The Death of a City'' in Future City, ed. Roger Elwood. Trident Press: New York, 1973. <br />
*''Come to the Party'' with F.M Busby, Analog, December 1978. <br />
*''Songs of a Sentient Flute'' Analog, February 1979.<br />
*''Feathered Pigs'' Destinies, Oct/Dec 1979.<br />
*''The Road to Dune'' in Eye New York: Berkley 1985<br />
*''Frogs and Scientists'' in Eye New York: Berkley 1985<br />
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===Nonfiction===<br />
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'''Non Fiction Books:'''<br />
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*''New World or No World'' (editor) First edition: New York: Ace Books, 1970 (paper) <br />
*''Threshold: The Blue Angels Experience'' First edition: New York: Ballantine, 1973 (paper) (companion to documentary of same name about [[Blue Angels]] flight team)<br />
*''Without Me, You're Nothing (with Max Barnard)'' First edition: New York: Pocket Books, 1981 (trade paper)<br />
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'''Essays and introductions'''<br />
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*''Introduction to Saving Worlds,'' by Roger Elwood and Virginia Kidd. New York: Doubleday, 1973 (reissed by Bantam Books under the title The Wounded Planet) <br />
*''Introduction: Tomorrow's Alternatives?'' in Frontiers 1: Tomorrow's Alterntives, ed. Roger Elwood. New York: Macmillan, 1973.<br />
*''Introduction to Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow''. Heitz, Herbert, Joor McGee. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1973. <br />
*''Listening to the Left Hand.'' Harper's Magazine, December 1973, pg. 92&ndash;100 <br />
*''Science Fiction and a World Crisis'' in Science Fiction: Today and Tomorrow, ed. Reginald Bretnor. New York: Harper and Row, 1974. <br />
*''Men on Other Planets'' in The Craft of Science Fiction, ed. Reginald Bretnor. New York: Harper and Row, 1976. <br />
*''The Sky is Going to Fall'' in Seriatim: The Journal of Ecotopia, No. 2, Spring 1977 pg. 88&ndash;89. (slightly different article appeared in The San Francisco Examiner "Overview" column, July 4, 1976.) <br />
*''The ConSentiency and How it Got That Way'' Galaxy, May 1977 (may be considered as a fiction story and therefore in the "Original Single Story" section)<br />
*''[http://www.dunenovels.com/news/genesis.html Dune Genesis]'' Omni, July 1980<br />
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'''Significant Newspaper Articles'''<br />
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*''Flying Saucers: Fact or Farce?'' San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, people supplement, October 20, 1963. <br />
*''2068 A.D.'' San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, California Living section, July 28, 1968. <br />
*''"We're Losing the Smog War" (part 1)''. San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, California Living section, December 1, 1968. <br />
*''"Lying to Ourselves About Air" (part 2)''. San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, California Living section, December 8, 1968. <br />
*''You Can Go Home Again.'' San Francisco Sunday Examiner & Chronicle, California Living section, March 29, 1970. (Refers to some of Herbert's childhood experiences in the Northwest)<br />
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===Other publications===<br />
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'''Poetry'''<br />
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*''Carthage: Reflections of a Martian,'' in Mars, We Love You, ed. Jane Hipolito and Willis E, McNelly. New York: Doubleday, 1971. <br />
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'''Some Audio Recordings'''<br />
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*''Dune: The Banquet Scene'' New York: Caedmon Records, 1977. <br />
*''Sandworms of Dune'' New York: Caedmon Records, 1978.<br />
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'''Interviews'''<br />
*''[http://members.lycos.co.uk/Fenrir/ctdinterviews.htm Interviews with Frank Herbert] 1973, 1977<br />
*''[http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1981_May_June/The_Plowboy_Interview__Frank_Herbert The Plowboy interview Frank Herbert] The mother Earth news May 1981<br />
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==Books about Frank Herbert and Dune==<br />
*''Frank Herbert'', by Timothy O'Reilly Serial publication: none First edition: New York: Frederick Ungar, 1980. <br />
** [http://tim.oreilly.com/sci-fi/herbert/index.html Online version of this out of print book]<br />
*''[[The Dune Encyclopedia]]'', compiled and edited by Dr. Willis E, McNelly Serial publication: none First edition: New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1984 (trade paper). <br />
*''The Maker of Dune'', edited by Timothy O'Reilly Serial publication: none First edition: New York: Berkley Publishing Group, 1987 (trade paper).<br />
*''Frank Herbert'', by William Touponce Serial publication: none First edition: Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1988 ISBN 0-8057-7514-5.<br />
*''Dreamer of Dune : The Biography of Frank Herbert'', by Brian Herbert Serial publication: none First edition: New York: Tor Books, 2003.<br />
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Arrakis, (derived from the Arabic name ar-rāqiṣ, "the dancer", originally a star-name for Mu Draconis) later Rakis (known colloquially as "Dune") is and the home of the [[Fremen]] ([[Zensunni]] wanderers) and later, the Imperial Capital under [[Paul Atreides|Muad'Dib]]'s [[Empire]]. Arrakis is the third planet orbiting the star Canopus, and it in turn is orbited by two moons, one of which has the image of the desert kangaroo-rat, [[Muad'Dib]], on it; the other possessing the image of a human hand.<br />
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== Environment ==<br />
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:''"Arrakis, DUNE, desert planet . . ." ''<br />
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It is a desert planet with no natural precipitation, away from the ice caps, and is the only known source of the spice [[melange]] which makes [[interstellar travel]] possible. The planet has no surface water bodies and thus has at least three times the land area of [[Old Terra|the Earth]]. Giant [[Sandworm|sandworms]] (also known as [[Shai-Hulud]] or [[Shaitan]]) and their immature forms of [[sandtrout]] and [[sandplankton]] were among the few fauna on the planet when it was discovered. As indicated by large salt flats, Arrakis once had oceans; the depletion of the oceans, the primary result of which was desertification, was probably caused by the impact or near miss of a comet or other quasi-planetary body. This event caused the loss of much of the Arrakeen atmosphere, allowing most of the oxygen and water to escape into space. This is thought to have occurred approximately 50 million years before the [[Empire|Imperium]]'s creation. This catastrophic loss of oxygen led to the extinction of nearly all native flora and fauna. One of the few forms to survive were tiny worms of the phylum protochordata. One of these forms was shaihuludata, an anaerobic burrowing worm that was the basal species from which Shai-Hulud, the sandworm of Arrakis, evolved. Rather than sandworm creating desert, it was desert that created sandworm. The mass extinction of all of shaihuludata's predators and competitors for food allowed the animal, in a manner somewhat analogous to the evolution of unique faunal forms on isolated Terran islands, to take the evolutionary path that would not only re-oxygenate the Arrakeen atmosphere, but also create the spice melange with all of its immense consequences for humanity.<br />
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Early in the history of Arrakis, the Imperium made several attempts to terraform the planet, which resulted in an abundance of Terran desert life on the planet, but met with little success, as the local sandtrout "encyst" any open water on the planet.<br />
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== Inhabitants ==<br />
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The Zensunni wanderers, driven from planet to planet, eventually found their way to Arrakis where they became the Fremen. They settled in artificial cave-like settlements known as sietches across the Arrakeen deserts. They also developed [[stillsuit]] technology, allowing them to survive in the open desert. By harvesting the melange of Arrakis, they were able to bribe the [[Spacing Guild]] for privacy from observation and weather control in order to hide their true population and plans from the Imperium. The Fremen commenced their own terraforming program under the guidance of Imperial Planetologist [[Pardot Kynes]] and his son [[Liet-Kynes]]. The core of the plan was gradual water-collection from the Arrakeen atmosphere to form large reservoirs that would, eventually, become lakes and oceans. Much of this activity took place in the unexplored southern latitudes of Arrakis. The most well known of the sietches is [[Sietch Tabr]], home of [[Stilgar]] and [[Paul Atreides|Muad'Dib]]'s center of operations prior to the [[Battle of Arrakeen]].<br />
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== Cities ==<br />
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Arrakis' capital and largest city historically is [[Arrakeen]] (later Onn under [[Leto II Atreides|Leto II]] and Keen following the death of Leto II). Arrakeen housed an attractive palace where the [[Emperor]]'s right-hand man, [[Hasimir Fenring|Count Fenring]] and his wife lived, while the [[House Harkonnen|Harkonnen]] rulers of the planet resided in their own palace, elsewhere. Arrakeen would go through multiple transformations in its history, turned into an Imperial Capital of staggering proportions under Muad'Dib, then into a festival city (Onn) explicitly for the worship of Leto II and, finally, into a modern, though still impressive, city to house the Priesthood of Rakis (Keen).<br />
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There are other cities scattered in the northern regions of the planet (especially near the ice cap, where water is harvested), as well as the sietches scattered throughout the desert where the Fremen reside. All Imperial cities on Arrakis are in the far-northern latitudes of the planet and protected from the violent weather of Arrakis by a natural formation known as the [[Shield Wall]]. During the years under Harkonnen rule, the true seat of planetary government was the Harkonnen-built "megalopolis" of [[Carthag]]; Arrakeen was merely the titular capital until the arrival of the [[House Atreides|Atreides]] and Muad'Dib.<br />
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Other notable sites on Arrakis throughout its history are: Observatory Mountain, Mount Idaho, the Sareer, Dar-es-balat, the Idaho River and many others.<br />
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== History of Arrakis ==<br />
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In the year [[10191|10,191]] the Padishah Emperor [[Shaddam IV Corrino|Shaddam IV]] granted [[Leto Atreides]] of the Atreides family rule of Arrakis to replace their enemies, the Harkonnens. The Atreides took up residence in the Arrakeen Palace, but their rule was cut short through a betrayal in a conspiracy by the Harkonnen and Imperial [[Sardaukar]].<br />
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However, in [[10193|10,193]], under the leadership of Muad'Dib and using the Atreides' [[Family Atomics|family atomic]] explosives, the Fremen created a gap in the Shield Wall near Arrakeen and rode into the city on sandworms. In the ensuing battle, the Harkonnen were wiped out and Shaddam IV was deposed in place of Paul Muad'Dib, the [[Mentat]] Emperor. The planet then became the center of the Imperium.<br />
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Following that, Leto II, Muad'Dib's son, became the God Emperor and completed the terraforming of Arrakis at the expense of killing all sandworms and sandtrout--save for himself, who had merged with the creatures. After some 3,500 years of rule, Leto II was killed and his worm-body was transformed back into sandtrout who, within only a few centuries, returned Arrakis, hence called 'Rakis', to a desert.<br />
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<div>my dune cd broke and I cant find another 1 is there a way to get the game started without it?<br />
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:This is not the right place for such questions. It's meant for discussion of the article about Dune 2000. The [http://dune2k.com/forum/index.php?board=8.0 FED2k forum] is a better place for this. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 06:04, 20 August 2006 (PDT)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Dune2k.com_Wiki:Sandbox&diff=2465Dune2k.com Wiki:Sandbox2006-08-09T13:39:30Z<p>Timenn: typo</p>
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<div>Dune is a sandbox itself, is it?</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Sandbox&diff=2463Wikipedia:Sandbox2006-08-09T13:38:15Z<p>Timenn: Wikipedia:Sandbox moved to Dune Wiki:Sandbox: "Dune Wiki" is used as namespace instead of "Wikipedia"</p>
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<div>#REDIRECT [[Dune Wiki:Sandbox]]</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Sandworm&diff=2459Sandworm2006-08-04T18:51:08Z<p>Timenn: corrected link</p>
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<div>[[Category:Creatures]]<br />
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Sandworms inhabit the desert planet known as arrakis, also known as [[Dune]]. They can be miles long, and are linked to the spice, or [[melange]]. The desert [[Fremen]] often ride them, a task which is an extremely dangerous, and considered a rite of passage in Fremen society. Sandworms are primarily attracted to rhythmic vibrations and will often attack such; they also protect spice fields and seem to have their own territory. [[Leto II Atreides|Leto II]] is a worm/human hybrid, and proclaims himself a god, a reference to the Fremen's worship of the worms as mainfestations of god, or [[Shai-Hulud]].</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Talk:Jessica_Atreides&diff=2457Talk:Jessica Atreides2006-08-04T18:45:19Z<p>Timenn: /* Article Name */</p>
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<div>== Needs to be Dune Wikified ==<br />
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This is another article that needs to be dune wikified<br />
--[[User:Dunenewt|Dunenewt]] 12:36, 22 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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==Article Name==<br />
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The article name MUST be changed to "Lady Jessica"- she was *never* an Atreides by name, and this is a key point in the original book, and a predominant theme throughout- she was the bound concubine, only, of Leto Atreides. This is something Leto broods on often throughout House Corrino and Dune itself. I also took the liberty of changing "Tanidia Nerus" to the name more commonly associated with her, Reverend Mother Gaius Helen Mohiam. Her real name can easily be divulged in the article itself.<br />
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:That is a good points you have. Though I would like to wait a bit so others can respond to it. But otherwise I would agree with renaming it. Though I'd rather name it just "Jessica" as I believe it would be better to seperate titles and names in article names. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 11:45, 4 August 2006 (PDT)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Talk:Landsraad&diff=2456Talk:Landsraad2006-08-04T18:41:00Z<p>Timenn: </p>
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<div>Regarding "House Ginaz"- is it really correct to refer to them as such? They were not a Great House, they were politically neutral and did not take part in any of the Landsraad functions, they were 'merely' the facilitators for the training of the coveted [[Swordmasters]]. --[[User:Madbrood|Madbrood]] 10:32, 3 August 2006 (PDT)<br />
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:In the glossary of [[Dune]] they are referred to as "Ginaz, House of". Not much else is revealed about them by [[Frank Herbert]] except for their training and their feud with [[House Moritani]]. But the title of the entry states that they were a House. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 11:41, 4 August 2006 (PDT)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=User_talk:MackemDale&diff=2056User talk:MackemDale2006-07-28T16:06:37Z<p>Timenn: </p>
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<div>Thanks for your contributions by adding images to the game pages. However I'm not sure which images are copyrighted and which not, do you know if they are not?<br />
It's also possible to [[Special:Upload|upload]] images to the wiki itself, instead of only linking to them. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 09:06, 28 July 2006 (PDT)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Talk:Dune_novels&diff=2055Talk:Dune novels2006-07-28T16:00:57Z<p>Timenn: </p>
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<div>Will this section also cover the Dune Encyclopedia?<br />
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Temujin<br />
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And what about the mini-novels?<br />
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:Yes, we try to cover all official sources of Dune, that means the original novels, the Dune Encyclopedia, the novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson, the games and the movies/miniseries. Because these sources sometimes conflict with each other we mention the information provided by them seperately. See the [[Dune_Wiki:Multiple_sources_template|Multiple sources template]] on how it is done. Ofcourse this article is only about the novels (all official ones) I'm not sure what you mean with the mini-novels, but if you mean those short stories written by BH and KJA that means yes. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 09:00, 28 July 2006 (PDT)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Dune_II_units&diff=1990Dune II units2006-07-03T22:11:55Z<p>Timenn: added price info</p>
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This page lists all units appearing in [[Dune II]].<br />
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=== Light Infantry ===<br />
:''This unit cannot not be built by the [[House Harkonnen|Harkonnen]].''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Barracks|Barracks]]<br />
* Cost: 60 credits for a single unit, 100 credits for a group.<br />
* First available: Mission 2<br />
* Mobility: Foot<br />
* Firepower: Light<br />
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This unit can also be build in groups of three, but this requires the Barracks to be upgraded.<br />
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=== Heavy Trooper ===<br />
:''This unit cannot not be built by the [[House Atreides|Atreides]].''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#WOR|WOR]]<br />
* First available: Mission 2<br />
* Mobility: Foot<br />
* Firepower: Medium<br />
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This unit can also be build in groups of three, but this requires the WOR to be upgraded.<br />
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=== Trike ===<br />
:''This unit can only be built by the [[House Atreides|Atreides]].''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Light Factory|Light Factory]]<br />
* Cost: 150 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 2<br />
* Mobility: Wheeled<br />
* Firepower: Medium<br />
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=== Ordos Raider ===<br />
:''This unit can only be build by the [[House Ordos|Ordos]].''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Light Factory|Light Factory]]<br />
* First available: Mission 2<br />
* Mobility: Wheeled<br />
* Firepower: Light<br />
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=== Quad ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Light Factory|Light Factory]] (must be upgraded once)<br />
* Cost: 200 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 3<br />
* Mobility: Wheeled<br />
* Firepower: Medium<br />
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=== Harvester ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Heavy Factory|Heavy Factory]]<br />
* Cost: 300 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 4 (but is delivered for free when a [[Dune II buildings#Refinery|Refinery]] is built)<br />
* Mobility: Tracked<br />
* Firepower: None<br />
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=== Mobile Construction Vehicle ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Heavy Factory|Heavy Factory]] (must be upgraded once)<br />
* Cost: 900 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 4<br />
* Mobility: Wheeled<br />
* Firepower: None<br />
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=== Combat Tank ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Heavy Factory|Heavy Factory]]<br />
* Cost: 300 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 4<br />
* Mobility: Tracked<br />
* Firepower: Heavy<br />
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=== Rocket Tank ===<br />
:''This unit cannot be build by the Ordos, but they can order it from a [[Dune II buildings#Starport|Starport]].''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Heavy Factory|Heavy Factory]] (must be upgraded twice)<br />
* Cost: 450 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 5<br />
* Mobility: Tracked<br />
* Firepower: Heavy<br />
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=== Siege Tank ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Heavy Factory|Heavy Factory]] (must be upgraded thrice)<br />
* Cost: 600 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 6<br />
* Mobility: Tracked<br />
* Firepower: Very heavy<br />
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=== Sonic Tank ===<br />
:''This unit can only be build by the Atreides.''<br />
* Required buildings: [[Dune II buildings#Heavy Factory|Heavy Factory]] and [[Dune II buildings#House of Ix|House of Ix]]<br />
* First available: Mission 7<br />
* Mobility: Tracked<br />
* Firepower: Heavy<br />
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=== Deviator ===<br />
:''This unit can only be build by the Ordos.''<br />
* Required buildings: [[Dune II buildings#Heavy Factory|Heavy Factory]] and [[Dune II buildings#House of Ix|House of Ix]]<br />
* First available: Mission 7<br />
* Mobility: Tracked<br />
* Firepower: Brainwash gas<br />
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=== Devastator ===<br />
:''This unit can only be build by the Harkonnen.''<br />
* Required buildings: [[Dune II buildings#Heavy Factory|Heavy Factory]] and [[Dune II buildings#House of Ix|House of Ix]]<br />
* First available: Mission 7<br />
* Mobility: Tracked<br />
* Firepower: Very heavy<br />
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=== Carryall ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Hi-Tech Factory|Hi-Tech Factory]]<br />
* Cost: 800 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 6<br />
* Firepower: None<br />
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=== Ornithopter ===<br />
:''This unit cannot be build by the Harkonnen.''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Hi-Tech Factory|Hi-Tech Factory]] (must be upgraded)<br />
* First available: Mission 7<br />
* Mobility: Winged<br />
* Firepower: Medium<br />
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=== Fremen ===<br />
:''This unit cannot be build, but appears in the [[Fremen]] reinforcements from the Atreides [[Dune II buildings#Palace|Palace]].''<br />
* First available: Mission 8<br />
* Mobility: Foot<br />
* Firepower: Medium<br />
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=== Saboteur ===<br />
:''This unit can only be build by the Ordos.''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Palace|Palace]]<br />
* First available: Mission 8<br />
* Mobility: Foot<br />
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=== Death Hand ===<br />
:''This unit cannot be build, but can be launched by the Harkonnen.''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Palace|Palace]]<br />
* First available: Mission 8<br />
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=== Sardaukar ===<br />
:''This unit cannot be build, and appears among the troops of the [[Emperor]].''<br />
* Mobility: Foot<br />
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=== Sandworm ===<br />
:''This unit cannot be build, but appears randomly on the open plains of [[Arrakis]].''</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Dune_II_buildings&diff=1985Dune II buildings2006-07-01T14:52:02Z<p>Timenn: added building descriptions</p>
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This page lists all buildings that can be constructed in [[Dune II]].<br />
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=== Construction Yard ===<br />
:''This building is built by deploying a [[Dune II units#Mobile Construction Vehicle|Mobile Construction Vehicle]].''<br />
* Building size: 2x2 tiles<br />
* First available: Mission 1<br />
* Upgrades:<br />
*# [[Dune II buildings#Large Concrete Slab|Large Concrete Slab]]<br />
*# [[Dune II buildings#Rocket Turret|Rocket Turret]]: 200 credits<br />
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The Construction Yard is the only building which is present to the player at the start of a new mission. The Construction Yard allows the player to construct new buildings. This building can be built by deploying an MCV to a clear spot, and does not have to be placed on pavement to avoid damage. The Construction Yard the player starts with is the only building that doesn't take damage over time.<br />
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=== Small Concrete Slab ===<br />
:''This building serves as pavement for other buildings and can't be selected or repaired.''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Construction Yard|Construction Yard]]<br />
* Building size: 1 tile<br />
* Cost: 5 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 1<br />
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The Small Concrete Slab is not really a building but serves as pavement for other buildings. New buildings that are only partially placed, or not at all, on pavement start damaged.<br />
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=== Large Concrete Slab ===<br />
:''This building serves as pavement for other buildings and can't be selected or repaired.''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Construction Yard|Construction Yard]] (must be upgraded once)<br />
* Building size: 2x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 20 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 4<br />
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The Large Concrete Slab is a larger version of the Small Concrete Slab which allows for faster placement of pavement.<br />
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=== Wall ===<br />
:''This building can't be selected or repaired.''<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Outpost|Outpost]]<br />
* Building size: 1 tile<br />
* Cost: 50 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 4<br />
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The Wall serves as a barricade for all units, and must be destroyed before units can go through it. The Wall does not have to be placed on pavement to avoid damage.<br />
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=== Windtrap ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Construction Yard|Construction Yard]]<br />
* Building size: 2x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 300 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 1<br />
* Power output: 100<br />
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The Windtrap is the only building that provides power. Power is needed for only some buildings to function properly, but most buildings do drain power. The initial power output of a Windtrap is 100 (unit is unknown) but as it gets damaged the power output decreases.<br />
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=== Refinery ===<br />
* Reguired building: [[Dune II buildings#Windtrap|Windtrap]]<br />
* Building size: 3x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 400 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 1<br />
* Power needed: 30<br />
* Spice capacity: 1000 credits<br />
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When a Refinery is built a free [[Dune II units#Harvester|Harvester]] is delivered. When the Harvester is fully loaded it will return to the Refinery and begin unloading the spice, converting it into credits. When the amount of spice exceeds the total spice capacity of all Refineries and [[Dune II buildings#Silo|Silo's]] that spice is lost. <br />
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=== Outpost ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Windtrap|Windtrap]]<br />
* Building size: 2x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 400 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 2<br />
* Power needed: 30<br />
Can't function without sufficient power<br />
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=== Silo ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Refinery|Refinery]]<br />
* Building size: 2x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 150 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 2<br />
* Spide capacity: 1000 credits<br />
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=== Barracks ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Outpost|Outpost]]<br />
* Building size: 2x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 300 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 2<br />
* Power needed: 10<br />
* Upgrades:<br />
*# [[Dune II units#Light Infantry|Light Infantry Squad]]: 150 credits<br />
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=== WOR ===<br />
* Building size: 2x2 tiles<br />
* First available: Mission 2<br />
* Upgrades:<br />
*# [[Dune II units#Heavy Trooper|Heavy Trooper Squad]]<br />
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=== Light Factory ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Refinery|Refinery]]<br />
* Building size: 2x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 400 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 2 (for [[House Harkonnen]] it is first available in mission 3)<br />
* Power needed: 20<br />
* Upgrades:<br />
*# [[Dune II units#Quad|Quad]]: 200 credits<br />
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=== Heavy Factory ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Light Factory|Light Factory]]<br />
* Building size: 3x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 600 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 4<br />
* Power needed: 35<br />
* Upgrades:<br />
*# [[Dune II units#Mobile Construction Vehicle|Mobile Construction Vehicle]]: 300 credits<br />
*# [[Dune II units#Rocket Tank|Rocket Tank]] ([[House Ordos]] doesn't have this upgrade option)<br />
*# [[Dune II units#Siege Tank|Siege Tank]]<br />
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=== Hi-Tech Factory ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Light Factory|Light Factory]]<br />
* Building size: 3x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 500 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 6<br />
* Upgrades:<br />
*# [[Dune II units#Ornithopter|Ornithopter]] ([[House Harkonnen]] doesn't have this upgrade option)<br />
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=== Cannon Turret ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Outpost|Outpost]]<br />
* Building size: 1 tile<br />
* Cost: 125 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 5<br />
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=== Rocket Turret ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Outpost|Outpost]] but also needs an upgraded [[Dune II buildings#Construction Yard|Construction Yard]]<br />
* Building size: 1 tile<br />
* Cost: 250 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 6<br />
Can't function without sufficient power<br />
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=== Repair Facility ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Light Factory|Light Factory]]<br />
* Building size: 3x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 700 credits<br />
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=== House of Ix ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Starport|Starport]]<br />
* Building size: 2x2 tiles<br />
* Cost: 500 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 7<br />
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=== Starport ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Refinery|Refinery]]<br />
* Building size: 3x3 tiles<br />
* Cost: 500 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 6<br />
* Power needed: 30<br />
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=== Palace ===<br />
* Required building: [[Dune II buildings#Starport|Starport]]<br />
* Building size: 3x3 tiles<br />
* Cost: 999 credits<br />
* First available: Mission 8</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Category:Factions&diff=1776Category:Factions2006-04-04T15:55:35Z<p>Timenn: setup</p>
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<div>Factions in the [[Dune universe]].<br />
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[[Category:Concepts]]</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=File:Dune_The_Butlerian_Jihad_cover_US.jpg&diff=1774File:Dune The Butlerian Jihad cover US.jpg2006-04-04T15:26:01Z<p>Timenn: The cover of the American version of Dune: The Butlerian Jihad</p>
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<div>The cover of the American version of [[Dune: The Butlerian Jihad]]</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Template:Message&diff=1773Template:Message2006-04-04T15:17:53Z<p>Timenn: wiki has already been launched</p>
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<div>I wikified the contents of the original Wikipedia article, thus I removed the copy from the talk page. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 10:40, 22 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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== Rakis ==<br />
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Why no mention of Rakis? Will that come under a separate page? If so, how about a sub-section in this one, saying see main article here...<br />
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--[[User:Dunenewt|Dunenewt]] 15:21, 22 March 2006 (PST)<br />
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Rakis is mentioned at the start of the article. Since it is only a name for the same planet it is only mentioned when the name was changed. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 12:11, 23 March 2006 (PST)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=File:Combat_Tank.png&diff=1716File:Combat Tank.png2006-03-22T20:28:30Z<p>Timenn: punctuation.</p>
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<div>The [[Dune II units#Combat Tank|Combat Tank]] in [[Dune II]].</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=File:Siege_Tank.png&diff=1713File:Siege Tank.png2006-03-22T20:27:32Z<p>Timenn: The Siege Tank in Dune II.</p>
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<div>The [[Dune II units#Siege Tank|Siege Tank]] in [[Dune II]].</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=File:Rocket_Tank.png&diff=1712File:Rocket Tank.png2006-03-22T20:26:54Z<p>Timenn: The Rocket Tank in Dune II.</p>
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<div>The [[Dune II units#Rocket Tank|Rocket Tank]] in [[Dune II]].</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Talk:Caladan&diff=1695Talk:Caladan2006-03-22T15:54:18Z<p>Timenn: </p>
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<div>The copied from Wikipedia has been converted and put into the article. Now I have removed the notice and the copied article itself. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 07:54, 22 March 2006 (PST)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=User_talk:65.182.24.185&diff=1693User talk:65.182.24.1852006-03-22T11:44:49Z<p>Timenn: </p>
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<div>Welcome to the Dune Wiki. Although we encourage people to contribute, we would like to point out that the Dune Wiki is an encyclopedia, and not a place to express personal opinions about subjects (your edits on the [[Emperor: Battle for Dune]] article) Please try to refrain yourself from this. --[[User:Timenn|Timenn]] 03:44, 22 March 2006 (PST)</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=File:Caladan_miniseries.png&diff=1690File:Caladan miniseries.png2006-03-21T17:10:23Z<p>Timenn: Planet Caladan seen in the Children of Dune miniseries</p>
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<div>Planet Caladan seen in the [[Children of Dune (miniseries)|Children of Dune miniseries]]</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Children_of_Dune_(miniseries)&diff=1663Children of Dune (miniseries)2006-03-17T13:27:18Z<p>Timenn: fixed some links</p>
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'''Frank Herbert's Children of Dune''' was the sequel to the ''Frank Herbert's [[Dune (miniseries)|Dune]]'' miniseries produced by the Sci Fi channel. It was directed by Greg Yaitanes, adapted for television by John Harrison, with music by Brian Tyler. It's important to note that the name of the miniseries is somewhat of a misnomer, because the miniseries doesn't portray the events of the novel ''[[Children of Dune]]'' until its second and third parts; the first part is a (reasonably faithful) adaptation of the actual sequel to ''[[Dune]]'', the novel ''[[Dune Messiah]]''. <br />
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Just as the first chapter in this miniseries was considered more faithful to the novels than the movies that preceded it, ''Children of Dune'' worked to correct the mistakes of its own predecessor. Some fans had complaints about the color of the eyes of the [[Fremen]], as they appeared to be almost phosphorescent in the first Sci Fi miniseries, not the "blue within blue" described by Herbert. The eye color was toned down in the sequel to a more accurately representative deep but vibrant blue.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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===Part One===<br />
This three part, six-hour miniseries picks up where the previous one left off. It covers the events in ''[[Dune Messiah]]'' and ''[[Children of Dune]]''. [[Paul Atreides]] (Alec Newman), also known as Muad'Dib, has led forth the [[Fremen]] of [[Arrakis]] to overthrow the Padishah Emperor [[Shaddam IV Corrino|Shaddam IV]] and forced the [[House Corrino|Corrino]] family into exile on [[Salusa Secundus]]. Now leader of [[House Corrino]], Princess [[Wensicia Corrino|Wensicia]] (Susan Sarandon) continues to plot during her exile.<br />
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Through the various interlocking schemes of the [[Bene Gesserit]], [[Spacing Guild]], [[Bene Tleilax|Tleilaxu]], [[House Corrino]], and rebel [[Fremen]], Paul's authority is challenged. Paul is attacked with a [[stone burner]] that causes him to go blind. Due to his extraordinary [[Prescience|prescient]] abilities, however, he is still able to see in some manner.<br />
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The first part ends with the birth of Paul's children, by his [[concubine]], [[Chani]] (Barbara Kodetova), who is severely weakened by the childbirth. Upon her death, Paul's ability to see even though he is blind disappears, rendering him at a disadvantage when the Tleilaxu [[face dancer]] [[Scytale]] (Martin McDougall) triggers the [[ghola]] [[mentat]] [[Duncan Idaho]]'s brainwashing (Edward Atterton). Duncan is forced to confront his original memories, but ultimately remains loyal to his Duke Paul and betrays Scytale.<br />
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It is at this point that Paul discovers his twin children are preborn and prescient as well. Paul's son [[Leto II Atreides|Leto]] (James McAvoy), whom has been appearing to him as a young adult in prescient visions, allows his father to "use his eyes" in order to react quickly enough to kill Scytale before the face dancer can kill the children.<br />
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At the conclusion of the first part, Paul walks off into the desert, a "single, blind Fremen," in reference to the ancient Fremen custom of abandoning blind members of the tribe to the [[Sandworm|great worms]] of Arrakis. His children, now heirs to his empire, are left in the care of their aunt [[Alia Atreides|Alia]] (Daniela Amavia), who is tortured by her own prescience. She turns to Duncan Idaho for emotional support and comfort.<br />
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===Part Two===<br />
The second part opens a considerable time after the conclusion of the first part. Paul's children, [[Ghanima Atreides|Ghanima]] (Jessica Brooks) and Leto, are now in young adulthood (unlike in the books, where they were only nine years old), and under the eye of their aunt Alia, who is [[regent]] of Paul's empire. [[Jessica Atreides]] (Alice Krige), mother to Paul and Alia, arrives on Arrakis, ostensibly to visit her grandchildren. Alia fears that her mother has resumed her alliegance to the [[Bene Gesserit]]. A character known only as the [[Preacher]] has surfaced at court, and the popular rumour is that he is in fact Paul Muad'Dib. The Preacher speaks out against Alia's ritualistic, fundamentalist rule, but Alia refuses to get rid of him because she cannot be absolutely sure of his identity.<br />
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As the episode progresses, Alia's control over her own mind weakens further. All Bene Gesserit obtain the memories of their female ancestors after being exposed to the [[Spice Agony]]. Alia as a pre-born child is regarded as an Abomination: in the past, such pre-born children have been overwhelmed by the consciousnesses of their ancestors (both female ''and'' male) and gone mad. In Alia's case, one particular personality manifests itself, that of the dead Baron [[Vladimir Harkonnen]] (Ian McNeice), who was killed by Alia's own hand. The Baron is in fact Jessica's father, and thus Alia's grandfather. This shade strikes a bargain with Alia, whereby he silences the other personalities, and in return she allows the hedonistic Baron access to her senses.<br />
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Meanwhile, House Corrino launches yet another assassination attempt on the Atreides heirs, in the form of vicious wildcats that are controlled via a remote control. Leto uses this opportunity to fake his own death in order to sojourn into the desert. Like his father, his prescience is forcing him to seek answers to certain questions.<br />
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===Part Three===<br />
The conclusion to the miniseries, part three entails the return of Leto II to Alia's court. Stuck in the middle of a brewing civil war, Alia has to deal not only with the external pressure of rebel Fremen, but the internal pressures of the ever-strengthening Baron Harkonnen. Formerly loyal naib [[Stilgar]] (Steven Berkoff) becomes the leader of the rebels after Duncan Idaho forces his hand by murdering the priest Javid (Rick Young) in Stilgar's sietch. Alia had recently taken Javid as a lover, and grown ever distant from Idaho.<br />
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Princess Wensicia visits Arrakis, bringing her son [[Farad'n Corrino|Farad'n]] (Jonathan Brüün) with the intent of wedding him to Ghanima, now the sole heir of the empire. Farad'n betrays his bitter mother, however, by revealing that she was in fact the instigator behind Leto Atreides' death. In a rage, Alia orders Wensicia imprisoned, and Farad'n would have met a similar fate had not Ghanima intervened--the proposed marriage alliance is salvaged.<br />
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<hr>'''Books'''<br /><hr><br />
[[Dune]]<br /><br />
[[Dune Messiah]]<br /><br />
[[Children of Dune]]<br /><br />
[[God Emperor of Dune]]<br /><br />
[[Heretics of Dune]]<br /><br />
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[[House Corrino]]<br /><br />
[[House Atreides]]<br /><br />
[[House Harkonnen]]<br /><br />
[[Fremen]]<br /><br />
[[Bene Gesserit]]<br /><br />
[[Bene Tleilax]]<br /><br />
[[Ix]]<br /><br />
[[Spacing Guild]]<br /><br />
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[[Arrakis]]<br /><br />
[[Kaitain]]<br /><br />
[[Caladan]]<br /><br />
[[Giedi Prime]] <br /><br />
[[Salusa Secundus]]<br />
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'''[[Paul Atreides]]'''<br /><br />
[[Jessica Atreides]] <br /><br />
[[Shaddam IV Corrino]]<br /><br />
[[Irulan Corrino]]<br /><br />
[[Chani]]<br /><br />
[[Vladimir Harkonnen]] <br /><br />
[[Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen]] <br /><br />
[[Alia Atreides]] <br /><br />
'''[[Leto II Atreides]]''' <br /><br />
[[Ghanima Atreides]] <br /><br />
[[Farad'n Corrino]] <br /><br />
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<div>'''Dune''' has several meanings:<br />
*''[[Dune]]'', a novel written by [[Frank Herbert]].<br />
*''Dune'', an alternative name for the planet [[Arrakis]].<br />
*''[[Dune (board game)]]''.<br />
*''[[Dune (computer game)]]''.<br />
*''[[Dune (movie)]]'', for [[David Lynch]]' movie based on [[Dune]]. ''.<br />
*''[[Dune (miniseries)]]''.<br />
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'''Frank Herbert's ''Dune''''' was a three-part miniseries based on the [[Dune|''Dune'' novel]] by [[Frank Herbert]]. It was produced by New Amsterdam Entertainment in association with Blixa Film Productktion and Hallmark Entertainment Distribution, and broadcast by the [[Sci Fi Channel]]. The series was first broadcast in 2000. <br />
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==Adaptation== <br />
While many book fans consider the older 1984 David Lynch [[Dune (movie)|film]] an unfaithful adaptation, fans have heatedly debated whether the miniseries more truly reflects the philosophical and thematic point of view of the original. Those who consider it to be a far more accurate adaptation of the saga than the 1984 film are probably in the majority; however, dissenters contend that the miniseries' deviations from the book are at least as major as those of Lynch's film, and that the latter better conveys the subtleties and nuances of Herbert's novel.<br />
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Although in many respects faithful to the book, the miniseries did boast some stylistic changes. For example, whereas Herbert's ornithopters were described as truly birdlike in their flight, the miniseries' ornithopters more closely resembled insects. Contention surrounding the correct pronunciation of Herbert's "Fedaykin" aside, the miniseries opted for a Western pronunciation more distant from the Arabic-sounding one used in Lynch's film that would seem appropriate given the extensive, Arabic-themed terminology in the novel (the correct pronunciation is what it looks like, "Fed-ay-kin", but at this sounds similar to "Fedayeen", the characters pronounce it "Fed-die-kin"). Some fans were upset by the Fremen's eyes, believing that the nearly phosphorescent, light blue coloring was not faithful to Herbert's description, "blue within blue" (in the miniseries, you can still see the iris and whites of the eyes, but in the book heavy spice addiction makes the eye look like a solid blue ball).<br />
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==Follow-up==<br />
A follow-up miniseries called ''Frank Herbert's [[Children of Dune (miniseries)|Children of Dune]]'', continued the story, adapting the second and third novels in the series.<br />
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The miniseries won two Emmy Awards in 2001 for Cinematography and Visual effects in a miniseries/movie, as well as being nominated for a third for Sound editing.</div>Timennhttps://wiki.dune2k.com/index.php?title=Duniverse&diff=1482Duniverse2006-03-04T18:08:04Z<p>Timenn: no need for a seperate article</p>
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Creatures appearing in the [[Dune universe]].</div>Timenn