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    Frank Herbert's 1963 Dune is to science fiction what The Lord of The Rings is to fantasy: the most popular, most influential and most critically-acclaimed novel in the genre. Herbert's novel was a revelation: before Dune, even the most well-written science fiction had been mostly... more

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  • Rated by Innomen on Feb 16 2009, 5:39am

    Uhhh, where's the dune/starwars comparison? Fucking spam.

  • Rated by andrew222 on Aug 23 2006, 3:36pm

    I read about 6 of the Dune books and could see how George Lucas borrowed from the Dune series. This site shows how many literary inspirations Frank Herbert borrowed from. I initially thought of Dune as a science fiction take on 'Laurence of Arabia' but after seeing this I can see that a wealth of literary inheritance developed these awesome books.

  • Rated by nanikore on Aug 09 2006, 11:33pm

    Very interesting information on what inspired Star Wars

  • Rated by DuckofDeath on Jul 28 2006, 9:13am

    To quote Spock, "Fascinating."

  • Rated by Spocko on Jul 22 2006, 9:46am

    Frank Herbert's 1963 Dune is to science fiction what The Lord of The Rings is to fantasy: the most popular, most influential and most critically-acclaimed novel in the genre. Herbert's novel was a revelation: before Dune, even the most well-written science fiction had been mostly "wonderful gadget" stories, or political commentary expressed through exaggeration. It had never occurred to anyone that science fiction could offer the literary depth of Dostoevsky, the intricate "wheels within wheels" intrigues of Shakespeare or so deeply fulfill the heroic epic form behind Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, Le Morte D'Arthur, The Mahabharata, and Beowulf. Lucas has often acknowledged Dune as an inspiration. In early drafts of the Star Wars script the influence was much more obvious - the story was full of feudalistic Houses and dictums, and the treasure the Princess was guarding wasn't the Death Star plans, but a shipment of "aura spice." The final version of Star Wars is related to Dune mostly in spirit: a science fiction heroic fantasy treated seriously. Of all the ideas George Lucas inherited from Frank Herbert, the subtle lesson was how to use science fiction to create myth.

  • Rated by keyifesekteolur on May 15 2006, 6:58am

    interesting similarities between Dune and Star Wars. My oppinion "there have to be an "influence" between sci-fi's, because of the evolution rule. ;)

  • Rated by jesbird on Mar 03 2006, 8:58am

    Lucas ripped off everybody! I still like Star Wars...except for the parts he remastered.