{"product_id":"9780711282117","title":"The Worlds of Dune : The Places and Cultures that Inspired Frank Herbert","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Huddleston, Tom \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eThe arts\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 October 2023 by Quarto Publishing PLC (Frances Lincoln) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 208 pages, 200 colour photos\u003cbr\u003e217 x 267 x 25 | 1084g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome writers build worlds. Others birth entire universes.  In the decades since its publication, Frank Herbert's Dune has become arguably the best-selling and certainly the best-known science fiction novel ever written. So how did an ex-Navy newspaperman from Washington State come to write such a world-conquering novel? And how was he able to pack it with so many layers of myth and meaning?  Herbert's boundless imagination was sparked by a dizzying array of ideas, from classical history to cutting-edge science, from environmentalism to Zen philosophy, and from Arabic texts to Shakespeare's tragedies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Beginning on Arrakis and going planet by planet, The Worlds of Dune offers a supremely deep dive into Herbert's universe - detailing along the way the many diverse strands that he wove into his epic creation to offer a visually rich accompaniment to this sci-fi legend.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40681519415431,"sku":"9780711282117","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/products\/9780711282117_330835fa-83c5-47c3-9f6f-1a2253ca194b.jpg?v=1710423411","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.pro\/products\/9780711282117","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}