Frank Herbert’s Dune- A review

This book is a masterpiece, unquestionably. The author has accomplished the wonderful feat of combining his considerable knowledge about a variety of topics into a detailed fictional universe. And the themes of the book interweave fluidly. You have little doubt, turning the pages, that Frank Herbert would be a fascinating and humbling person to sit down and have a conversation with. He clearly has much knowledge about ecology, religion and awareness. There’s this theme of narcotic induced heightened awareness in the book that has me pondering whether Herbert and Aldous Huxley were friends. I recently…