The dune franchise is a series of epic science fiction novels written by American author Frank Herbert. The series takes place roughly 20 thousand years in the future where humanity has colonized thousands of planets in a feudal empire, all with a strict prohibition against ‘thinking machines’ (computers, ai, sentient robots). The series explores the multilayer interactions between human emotion, evolution, politics, religion, and environmentalism/ecology.
Dune is hailed as one of the most influential works of fiction and is the most successful (written) sci-fi franchise in the world. As of 2022, it has been adapted into 2 feature length movies, 2 tv miniseries, and several board, role playing, and video games.