In 1997, Bantam Books made a $3 million deal with the authors for three Dune prequel novels that would come to be known as the Prelude to Dune trilogy. The series takes place in the years leading up to the events in the original novel Dune (1965) and explores the origins of some of its characters. Anderson, set in Frank Herbert's Dune universe. Prelude to Dune is a prequel trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. īrian Herbert and Anderson have also published Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007), sequels to Frank Herbert's final novel Chapterhouse: Dune (1985) which complete the chronological progression of his original series and wrap up storylines that began with his Heretics of Dune (1984). Herbert wrote five sequels, but died in 1986. In 2011 Publishers Weekly called the series 'a sprawling edifice that Frank Herbert’s son and Anderson have built on the foundation of the original Dune novels.' Jon Michaud of The New Yorker wrote in 2013, 'The conversion of Dune into a franchise, while pleasing readers and earning royalties for the Herbert estate, has gone a long way toward obscuring the power of the original novel.' ĭune itself is frequently cited as the best-selling science fiction novel in history, and won the 1966 Hugo Award and the inaugural Nebula Award for Best Novel. Starting with 1999's Dune: House Atreides, the duo have published 14 Dune prequel novels to date.

In 1997, Bantam Books made a $3 million deal with the authors for three Dune prequel novels, partially based upon notes left behind by Frank Herbert, that would come to be known as the Prelude to Dune trilogy. Set in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert, the novels take place in various time periods before and in between Herbert's original six novels, which began with 1965's Dune.

The Dune prequel series is a sequence of novel trilogies written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.

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