How 'Dune' Became a Beacon for the Fledgling Environmental Movement--and a Rallying Cry for the New Science of Ecology

Dune, widely considered one of the best sci-fi novels of all time, continues to influence how writers, artists, and inventors envision the future. Of course, there are Denis Villeneuve's visually stunning films, Dune: Part One (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024). But Frank Herbert's masterpiece also helped Afrofuturist novelist Octavia Butler imagine a future of conflict […]