

The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade, and The Battle of Corrin outline a conflict 10,000 years prior to the original novel, setting up the origins of the culture, the Great Houses, all through the lens of a war between humanity and machines. Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune, published respectively in 20, cover humanity’s final confrontation with what is revealed to be the final and most terrible enemy of them all.The first part of this published saga is Legends of Dune, a trilogy published between 20. Anderson while relying heavily on Frank Herbert’s notes and storyboards. Only two books were added as a sequel to the original series, and both were completed by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Set in the decades immediately before the start of Dune, they focus mainly on the supporting cast around Paul Atreides, and especially on his parents, Leto I and Jessica, as well as their sworn rival, Vladimir Harkonnen. Let’s start with the first trilogy- Prelude to Dune-which consists of the three books: House Atreides, House Harkonnen, and House Corrino.


Fourteen, to be exact, divided into one doulogy and four trilogies. These other books can be divided into prequels and sequels-even though the former category definitely includes more titles. Anderson, continue to add to the Dune universe.

What happened post-Herbert’s death?įrank Herbert passed away a year after the publication of Chapterhouse: Dune, but left behind a series of notes that helped his son, Brian, and his writing partner, Kevin J. So, the other three books in the original series, God Emperor of Dune (1981), Heretics of Dune (1984), and Chapterhouse: Dune (1985), are set a thousand years into the future from the first three, and follow as Leto II Atreides tries to prevent the extinction of humanity and the death of his beloved Arrakis. Frank Herbert had no intentions of continuing the series, but did so, under the insistence of fans. This is where many readers stop because the story is somewhat complete-and it was meant to be complete.
