Dune has been widely influential, inspiring numerous novels, music, films, television, games, and comic books.[146] It is considered one of the greatest and most influential science fiction novels of all time, with numerous modern science fiction works such as Star Wars owing their existence to Dune.[147] Dune has also been referenced in numerous other works of popular culture, including Star Trek, Chronicles of Riddick, The Kingkiller Chronicle and Futurama.[148] Dune was cited as a source of inspiration for Hayao Miyazaki's anime film Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) for its post-apocalyptic world.[149][150][151][152][153]
Dune was parodied in 1984's National Lampoon's Doon by Ellis Weiner, which William F. Touponce called "something of a tribute to Herbert's success on college campuses", noting that "the only other book to have been so honored is Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings," which was parodied by The Harvard Lampoon in 1969.[154]
Music
- In 1977, David Matthews became one of the first artists to dedicate an entire composition to Dune, publishing an album of the same name on CTI Records.[155]
- In 1978, French electronic musician Richard Pinhas released the nine-track Dune-inspired album Chronolyse, which includes the seven-part Variations sur le thème des Bene Gesserit.[156]
- In 1979, German electronic music pioneer Klaus Schulze released an LP titled Dune featuring motifs and lyrics inspired by the novel.[157]
- A similar musical project, Visions of Dune, was released also in 1979 by Zed (a pseudonym of French electronic musician Bernard Sjazner).[158]
- 1981 French zeuhl band Dün released their album Eros which was inspired by the Dune novel, also their band name Dün was a short form from their temporary name Dune.[159]
- Heavy metal band Iron Maiden wrote the song "To Tame a Land" based on the Dune story. It appears as the closing track to their 1983 album Piece of Mind. The original working title of the song was "Dune"; however, the band was denied permission to use it, with Frank Herbert's agents stating "Frank Herbert doesn't like rock bands, particularly heavy rock bands, and especially bands like Iron Maiden".[160]
- Dune inspired the German happy hardcore band Dune, who have released several albums with space travel-themed songs.
- The progressive hardcore band Shai Hulud took their name from Dune.[161]
- "Traveller in Time", from the 1991 Blind Guardian album Tales from the Twilight World, is based mostly on Paul Atreides' visions of future and past.[162][163]
- The title of the 1993 Fear Factory album Fear is The Mindkiller is a quote from the "litany against fear".[164]
- The song "Near Fantastica", from the Matthew Good album Avalanche, makes reference to the "litany against fear", repeating "can't feel fear, fear's the mind killer" through a section of the song.[165]
- In the Fatboy Slim song "Weapon of Choice", the line "If you walk without rhythm/You won't attract the worm" is a near quotation from the sections of novel in which Stilgar teaches Paul to ride sandworms. Christopher Walken, who would later star in Dune: Part Two as Emperor Shaddam IV, appears in the music video.[166]
- Dune also inspired the 1999 album The 2nd Moon by the German death metal band Golem, which is a concept album about the series.[167]
- The song "The Eyes of Ibad" from Panchiko's 2000 EP D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L, takes its name from Dune, referencing the blue-in-blue eyes of the Fremen.
- Dune influenced Thirty Seconds to Mars on their self-titled debut album.[168]
- The Youngblood Brass Band's song "Is an Elegy" on Center:Level:Roar references "Muad'Dib", "Arrakis" and other elements from the novel.[169]
- The debut album of Canadian musician Grimes, called Geidi Primes, is a concept album based on Dune.[170][171]
- In 2015, the Baltimore-based band Tendrills released a psych rock album called 10,191. The album's title, sound, emotionality, and some of its lyrics were inspired by the Dune novels.[172]
- Japanese singer Kenshi Yonezu, released a song titled "Dune", also known as "Sand Planet". The song was released on 2017, and it was created using the voice synthesizer Hatsune Miku for her 10th anniversary.[173]
- "Fear is the Mind Killer", a song released in 2018 by Zheani (an Australian rapper) uses a quote from Dune.[174]
- "Litany Against Fear" is a spoken track released in 2018 under the 'Eight' album by Zheani. She recites an extract from Dune.[175]
- Sleep's 2018 album The Sciences features a song, Giza Butler, that references several aspects of Dune.[176]
- Tool's 2019 album Fear Inoculum has a song entitled "Litanie contre la peur (Litany against fear)".[177]
- "Rare to Wake", from Shannon Lay's album Geist (2019), is inspired by Dune.[178]
- Heavy Metal band Diamond Head based the song "The Sleeper" and its prelude, both off the album The Coffin Train, on the series.
Games
There have been a number of games based on the book, starting with the strategy–adventure game Dune (1992). The most important game adaptation is Dune II (1992), which established the conventions of modern real-time strategy games and is considered to be among the most influential video games of all time.[179]
The online game Lost Souls includes Dune-derived elements, including sandworms and melange—addiction to which can produce psychic talents.[180] The 2016 game Enter the Gungeon features the spice melange as a random item which gives the player progressively stronger abilities and penalties with repeated uses, mirroring the long-term effects melange has on users.[181]
Rick Priestley cites Dune as a major influence on his 1987 wargame, Warhammer 40,000.[182]
In 2023, Funcom announced Dune: Awakening, an upcoming massively multiplayer online game set in the universe of Dune.[183][184][185]
Space exploration
The Apollo 15 astronauts named a small crater on Earth's Moon after the novel during the 1971 mission,[186] and the name was formally adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1973.[187] Since 2009, the names of planets from the Dune novels have been adopted for the real-world nomenclature of plains and other features on Saturn's moon Titan, like Arrakis Planitia.[188][189][190]
