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David Clarke's The Dune

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Dune was released in 1965 and it has always been marketed as a science fiction novel. In 1966, Dune won the first Nebula Award for best Novel. Dune has five sequels; Children of Dune, Heretics of Dune, Dune messiah, God Emperor of Dune, and Dune: chapter house. Moreover, in 1984 David Lynch produced a mini series based on the novel that made it even more popular. It further inspired various songs, computer games, and board games. Furthermore, the novel can be credited influencing other science fiction novel that came after it such as Star wars.
The Dune is the highest selling sci-fi novel in the world with over 12 million copies having been sold. Despite being categorized as a science fiction, some readers believe that the novel is more of a fantasy. Personally, after reading the novel, it is clear to me that most aspects of the novel clearly fall under the genre of fantasy. Therefore, in my opinion the book can be classified as a mixture of science fiction and fantasy or in other words science fantasy. This is because the book arrives to the concept of fantasy differently, due to the use of galactic terms such as advance weapons, space and time travel, and various planetary systems. The best evidence that this book falls under the realm of fantasy was Clarke’s quote that there is nothing out there that it can be compared …show more content…

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