Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: 'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.' - from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan

1984 was a tumultuous year in Herbert's life. However despite a disappointing response in the USA the film was a critical and commercial success in Europe and Japan. (October 8 1920 – February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author.

The Dune saga set in the distant future and taking place over millennia deals with themes such as human survival and evolution ecology and the intersection of religion politics and power. (October 8 1920 – February 11 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. Though also a short story author he is best known for his novels most notably Dune and its five sequels.