Fungi in Frank Herbert’s Dune: Hiding in Plain Sight

Dune: Part 2 Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel from 1965. dunes, now showing in theaters. For almost 60 years, fans of the epic space story have looked at it from a variety of angles, from colonialism to religious fanaticism, but when I read mycologist Paul Stamets’ book, I was shocked by its findings. received. mycelium running its “most of the premises” dunes […] came from him [Herbert’s] Recognizing the life cycle of fungi.

Let’s start with his language. To explain…