Shields of Dune

How they work, where they're used and - most importantly - what they smell like.

Drugs of Dune

Everything from caffeine-level mild to spice-level reality-bending.

The original Houses in Dune

I'm sorry, but House Richese was not a thing - and Richece means something else.

All of Paul Muad'Dib's powers (canonically correct edition)

Is there anything the Atreides boy wonder CANNOT do?

Count Fenring | a profile in power

Little shown fact: he's the one who made Muad'Dib's rule possible.

The weird animals of Dune

From sandworms to seaworms, from sligs to chairdogs, here are all the animals that cannot be found on Earth.

Suk doctors | everything from the core canon

Diamond tattoos, silver rings and imperial conditioning.

How old is everyone in Dune?

Canonically correct ages and comparisons to movie characters.

The Missionaria Protectiva

Using religion as a backup plan has got to be the coldest move in the known universe.

All (named) Sietches of Dune

You have to know at least three of these.

Guns of Dune [core canon focus]

Here are all the handheld weapons I found.

Fremen tech

Here's all the stuff the Fremen invented so they can call the desert their home.

Dune cosplay for introverts

As much as I feared it being a cash grab, I'm very much in love with the Arrakis survival experience provided by Dune: Awakening.

The original timeline of Dune

Here's the evidence that Arrakis (and the Spice) are relatively recent discoveries.

Faufreluches - the class system of the Imperium

"A place for every man and every man in his place."

What's prana-bindu? | from all the books

It's the Holtzman field of Dune biology.

The Mentat Handbook | all quotes

A philosophy of productive doubt - designed for jacks-of-all-trades.

Languages of Dune [part 2/2]

This week: from Arabic and Hebrew to Turkish and Greek, the real languages that appear in Dune's vocabulary - assembled in an interactive database.

Languages of Dune [part 1/2]

This week: the in-universe languages and why Chakobsa isn't the native tongue of the Fremen.

Ice caps of Dune

And if there's ice, why isn't there at least SOME water around it?

What did the Fremen eat?

Spice is in everything on Arrakis - but what exactly is that everything, when it comes to Fremen food and drink?

Dune video games (and where you can play them right now)

Take your pick: amazing action-adventure, genre-defining RTS, or survival MMO.

Where's Earth in Dune

We're on the right timeline, as far as the lore is concerned.

All the Emperors in Dune

13.5 thousand years - compressed into a single family tree.

The Great Convention

Here's everything from all the books - the Core Canon, the Dune Encyclopedia and the Expanded Universe.

Epigraphs of Dune | The Core Canon

Free access to the database and a comprehensive analysis of ALL the chapter openers in the original six books.

Spaceships of Dune

Beyond Heighliners and No-ships - every starship imagined by Frank Herbert.

Mentats | everything from the core canon

Ruby lips, lightning minds and prime projections.

The Orange Catholic Bible | all quotes from all books

How a seven-year committee meeting created a book that everyone keeps quoting.

Princess Irulan's Literary Work | The Complete Collection

A database to rival the Imperial Archives on Kaitain.

Collected Sayings of Muad'Dib | from all the books

I've checked all the books: the Frank Herbert originals, the Dune Encyclopedia and the Expanded Universe.

The Sardaukar | from the original Dune books

Their organisation, tactics, and fate once the Fremen defeated them - a definitive guide to the Emperor's soldier-fanatics.

The Butlerian Jihad - what's in the original Dune books

Frank Herbert wasn't writing about a war against AI overlords - he was warning us about something much closer to home.

Muad'Dib's Prophecy: The Complete Collection

From Missionaria Protectiva to living legend - here's every single prediction from Frank Herbert's original Dune.

All the songs of Gurney Halleck

"Mood’s a thing for cattle or making love or playing the baliset."

The working animals of Dune

There's more to Arrakis than giant sandworms and cute mice. This one's for the unsung (animal) heroes of Dune.

The Bene Gesserit Coda

Here are all the quotes from all the books - both the core canon and the expanded universe.

The Family Tree of Dune: Prophecy

Did you know that Desmond Hart is the cousin of both Keiran Atreides and Harrow Harkonnen?

The Voice | what it is and how it works

While it might've served as inspiration, a Jedi mind trick it is not. Just like the Bene Gesserit, it's all about control.

Dune: Prophecy [ep.6] - the things that were left unanswered

We're in uncharted waters now - a lot of questions and no books to provide answers. Here's my summary of what needs to be resolved in the next season.

Dune: Prophecy [ep.5] - 5 things right out of the books

B is for Bashar, who strikes in the night; O is for Omnius, whose virus brings blight; A is for Abomination, a terror in sight; And we'll cover two more - so sit tight.

Dune: Prophecy [ep.4] - what was that thing?

It was a Face Dancer. One that seems to confuse the Bene Tleilax for the Bene Gesserit.

Dune: Prophecy [ep.3] - a disregard for subtext and inference

Sandworm, Shai-Hulud, the Maker - although they are indeed names for the same thing, they are not synonyms. The difference makes or breaks a world.

Dune: Prophecy [ep.2] - a fundamental misunderstanding of this universe

Dune doesn't do supernatural, and here's why.

Dune: Prophecy [ep.1] - there's only one thing the writers messed up

Story lines can be compressed and merged, canon can be re-written and retconned, but there are some things you can't ignore.

Dune: Prophecy - who's who and spoilers from the books

Although it's not based on a book, the prequel show's story focuses on some of the characters we know from the expanded universe.

Dune: Prophecy - here’s what we know from the books

Potential spoilers and Easter eggs ahead - including some killer intrigue that earns it the pet name of Game of Dunes.