Tom Huddleston is an author, freelance film & TV journalist and former Q&A host at the Twin Peaks UK Festival. His books include The Worlds of Dune, The Worlds of George R.R. Martin and, for younger readers, the acclaimed FloodWorld trilogy. His first grown-up novel The Cracks publishes in 2026. He has written for publications including Time Out, The Guardian and Little White Lies, and currently lives in London.

'Part analysis, part history book, Huddleston's tome covers Herbert's myriad influences, from Soviet Imperialism to the Irish Catholic matriarchs who informed the Bene Gesserit. An impressice work of granular Dunesploitation'.

• Introduction: The MakerPart One ARRAKISChapter One: Desert PlanetChapter Two: The FremenChapter Three: The SpicePart Two CALADANChapter Four: House AtreidesChapter Five: Paul Muad’dibChapter Six: Lady Jessica and the Bene GesseritPart Three GIEDI PRIMEChapter Seven: House HarkonnenChapter Eight: Piter De Vries and the MentatsChapter Nine: The CHOAM CorporationPart Four KAITAINChapter Ten: House Corrino and the Padishah EmperorChapter Eleven: The LandsraadChapter Twelve: The Spacing GuildEpilogue: Dune WorldEndnotesBibliographyIndexPicture CreditsAbout the Author & Acknowledgements

Tom Huddleston is an author, freelance film & TV journalist and former Q&A host at the Twin Peaks UK Festival. His books include The Worlds of Dune, The Worlds of George R.R. Martin and, for younger readers, the acclaimed FloodWorld trilogy. His first grown-up novel The Cracks publishes in 2026. He has written for publications including Time Out, The Guardian and Little White Lies, and currently lives in London.

'Part analysis, part history book, Huddleston's tome covers Herbert's myriad influences, from Soviet Imperialism to the Irish Catholic matriarchs who informed the Bene Gesserit. An impressice work of granular Dunesploitation'.

• Introduction: The MakerPart One ARRAKISChapter One: Desert PlanetChapter Two: The FremenChapter Three: The SpicePart Two CALADANChapter Four: House AtreidesChapter Five: Paul Muad’dibChapter Six: Lady Jessica and the Bene GesseritPart Three GIEDI PRIMEChapter Seven: House HarkonnenChapter Eight: Piter De Vries and the MentatsChapter Nine: The CHOAM CorporationPart Four KAITAINChapter Ten: House Corrino and the Padishah EmperorChapter Eleven: The LandsraadChapter Twelve: The Spacing GuildEpilogue: Dune WorldEndnotesBibliographyIndexPicture CreditsAbout the Author & Acknowledgements

Tom Huddleston is an author, freelance film & TV journalist and former Q&A host at the Twin Peaks UK Festival. His books include The Worlds of Dune, The Worlds of George R.R. Martin and, for younger readers, the acclaimed FloodWorld trilogy. His first grown-up novel The Cracks publishes in 2026. He has written for publications including Time Out, The Guardian and Little White Lies, and currently lives in London.

'Part analysis, part history book, Huddleston's tome covers Herbert's myriad influences, from Soviet Imperialism to the Irish Catholic matriarchs who informed the Bene Gesserit. An impressice work of granular Dunesploitation'.

• Introduction: The MakerPart One ARRAKISChapter One: Desert PlanetChapter Two: The FremenChapter Three: The SpicePart Two CALADANChapter Four: House AtreidesChapter Five: Paul Muad’dibChapter Six: Lady Jessica and the Bene GesseritPart Three GIEDI PRIMEChapter Seven: House HarkonnenChapter Eight: Piter De Vries and the MentatsChapter Nine: The CHOAM CorporationPart Four KAITAINChapter Ten: House Corrino and the Padishah EmperorChapter Eleven: The LandsraadChapter Twelve: The Spacing GuildEpilogue: Dune WorldEndnotesBibliographyIndexPicture CreditsAbout the Author & Acknowledgements