Palumbo, Donald, 1949-

A Dune companion : characters, places and terms in Frank Herbert's original six novels / Donald E. Palumbo. - Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2018. - 1 online resource. - Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; 62 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

"This companion to Frank Herbert's original Dune novels--Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, God Emperor of Dune, Heretics of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune--provides an encyclopedia of characters, locations, terms and highlights the series' underrated aesthetic integrity. An extensive introduction covers themes of ecology, chaos theory, concepts and structures, and Joseph Campbell's monomyth in Herbert's narrative"--



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