The 2021 Dune movie by Denis Villeneuve, like the other adaptations before it, is based on Frank Herbert classic 1965 novel of the same title
“Dune World” by Frank Herbert was first published as a three-part serial in “Analog Science Fiction” magazines from December 1963 to February 1964. The full book version was first published in 1965 by Chilton and that first edition has since become one of the most desirable in science fiction book collection, selling for over $10,000 at auction.
Herbert’s complex and allegorical novel, full of symbolism and alien cultures, changed the science fiction genre as much as J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings saga altered the fantasy genre. Dune is the world’s bestselling sci-fi novel of all time.