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It was never reprinted, though you can sometimes find full PDFs circulating online. In 1984, The Dune Encyclopedia was published by Berkley Books in both hardcover and paperback. For this reason, even fan wikis will list information from The Dune Encyclopedia as beyond the scope of the core book canon (the six original novels) or the “Expanded Canon” of the prequels.Įssentially, The Dune Encyclopedia is the third canon for Dune, separate from the classic books or what the estate deems “official.” Physical copies of the Encyclopedia are hard to find Many of the details in these novels and other prequels - like The Butlerian Jihad - directly contradicted “historical” information in The Dune Encyclopedia. Anderson began publishing “official” prequels to the Dune saga, starting with the novel Dune: House Atreides. Why? In 1999, Herbert’s son Brian Herbert and co-author Kevin J. McNelly himself openly claimed he didn’t seek to profit from reprinting the book but was prevented from doing so anyway by Frank Herbert’s estate. By 2000, the book was out of print reprinting it was considered a not-for-profit pursuit. Warner Bros Is The Dune Encyclopedia canon?Īlthough Herbert was fine with The Dune Encyclopedia while he was alive, his estate was decidedly against it after his death in 1986. Timothée Chalamet as Paul in Dune: Part One (2021). In his very brief preface, about three paragraphs long, Herbert writes, “As the first ‘ Dune fan,’ I give this encyclopedia my delighted approval, although I hold my own counsel on some of the issues still be explored as the Chronicles unfold.”
Though he put his name on it, Herbert damns the book with faint praise. The cover promises “The Complete, Authorized Guide and Companion To Frank Herbert’s Masterpiece of the Imagination.” But because the book was published in 1984 - one year before Chapterhouse: Dune came out - it doesn’t include any information from that Dune novel, the last Herbert ever wrote. But in 1984, Frank Herbert didn’t have much to do with creating The Dune Encyclopedia other than allowing it to be printed, approving the text, and writing a brief forward. Other sci-fi franchises - like Star Trek, Star Wars, and Doctor Who - tend to have reference books at least nominally approved by the creators of those franchises. Along with other vaguely credited contributors (there’s a cryptic bibliography in the back of the book), Willis’ The Dune Encyclopedia is what fanfiction would look like as a textbook. In real life, the book was compiled by an academic - and Dune fan – named Willis E. (AG stands for “After Guild,” meaning the time after the spacing guild was formed.) The Dune Encyclopedia is a “fictional non-fiction” reference book that claims to be edited by a character named Hadi Benotto, in the year 15540 AG. Reddit/Berkley Books The Dune Encyclopedia - explained The book that created the biggest Dune stir, ever.
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