If Denis Villeneuve's film does not come out in 2020, the books dedicated to Frank Herbert's classic are there, works of passionate authors -
L'Atalante / Third Editions / Le Belial '
The film
Dune
, signed Denis Villeneuve and adapted from Frank Herbert's masterpiece, was due to land in theaters on Wednesday but was postponed for a year due to the pandemic
Several French authors and publishers had planned books, essays and other mook to accompany this news, and have maintained their releases
These authors and enthusiasts come back to the phenomenon and their approach to
Dune
for
20 Minutes
Originally scheduled for theaters on Wednesday,
Denis Villeneuve's
Dune
saw its release postponed for a year, to September 29, 2021, due to the health crisis and the closure of cinemas.
It will also be released simultaneously on HBO Max in the United States.
A blow for fans of the work of Frank Herbert, who, after the film by David Lynch and the mini-series of the Syfy channel, were impatiently awaiting this adaptation (definitive?) By the director of
First Contact
and
Blade Runner 2049
.
A hard blow also for the authors (but few or no authors, too bad) who took advantage of the film to publish various works on the universe of
Dune
.
They are not postponed, and deserve your full attention, even a place under the tree.
Complete collection, it seems to me.
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- Orion's shoulder (@Epaule_d_Orion) November 20, 2020
"Dune", the revised and corrected edition
Let's start at the beginning and therefore the novel by Frank Herbert himself, the first volume of the
Cycle de Dune
, to which Robert Laffont offers a beautiful collector's edition, and a revised and corrected translation in collaboration with Renaud Guillemin, "the specialist of specialists" according to editor Glenn Tavennec, in fact a CNRS researcher and the creator of a reference blog on Dune, L'Epaule d'Orion.
"He
sent
back all the corrections from readers, fans,
duniens
," explains Glenn Tavennec.
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary and of the film, we wanted a real revision, but not a new translation, because certain terms entered the French imagination.
»Also with prefaces by Denis Villeneuve and Pierre Bordage.
Volume 2 of this collector's edition is expected for fall 2021, but a simple version of the six volumes of the original cycle will be available from January, in large format, soft cover and new iconography by Aurélien Police - we also owe him the illustration of the mook.
“It is about going beyond the revamped and revamped designs and making
Dune
not only a monument of science fiction, but also a legendary saga for all.
"
"Dune, the scientific and cultural exploration of a planet-universe"
Ah the edition of Pocket SF, with the cover of Wojtek Siudmak.
Read, reread, dogged, lent, it still sits in the libraries of France, where more than two million copies of Frank Herbert's work have passed.
“It must have been in the mid-1980s, remembers Roland Lehoucq, director of a collective work on
Dune
at Le Belial '.
I read a lot of SF on the suburban train that brought me to Paris, in preparatory class for the grandes écoles.
It was an escape, a change of world.
More than fifty after its release, the novel is still relevant, especially on ecological issues.
Pardot Kynes' quote "the highest function of ecology is understanding the consequences" should be pondered at length by our leaders.
"
“Dune - scientific and cultural exploration of a planet-universe” comes out in stack 7 days.
To be patient, we invite you to get to know the authors.
In this 2nd part of the interview: how did they find out about Herbert's novel? Https: //t.co/mEGLeE2Rxl pic.twitter.com/hPnPp5OS9X
- Le Bélial '(@lebelial) October 15, 2020
Ecology, but also biology, chemistry, astronomy, as well as "a critical vision of technical progress, a reflection on decolonization or the links between politics and theology", Roland Lehoucq brought together ten specialists, scientists, philosophers, linguists to explore
Dune
through the prism of science, and to shed light on how Herbert had "incredibly anticipated our news".
"The Visions of Dune, in the hollows and furrows of Arrakis"
Like many, journalist and author Vivien Lejeune's earliest memories of Dune date back to his teenage years: “I read Herbert-Père's first three novels, but they didn't thrill me more than that.
I was in the middle of a Philip K. Dick, Stephen King and Graham Masterton trip ”.
If he admits that he was only half taken in by David Lynch's film, he loves the mini-series of 2000 and 2003, “of deluxe TV, with the music of Graeme Revell which makes all the difference.
I then started to understand
Dune
differently ”.
The film is offbeat, but we don't move!
Our book "The visions of Dune. In the hollow and furrows of Arrakis" will be available everywhere from November 19th.
Animation by @ ImaginedRealms and illustration by @pascalblanche for the classic cover of our book.
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- Third Editions 🇫🇷 (@ThirdEditions) October 14, 2020
When, after having co-signed
The Guide to Science Fiction Series
at Ynnis, Third Editions offered him a book on
Dune
, he accepted the challenge, and what he himself called commissioned work.
"There are already so many books or essays on the cultures, religions, politics and sciences of Dune," he explains.
But nothing on all of the Dune projects, a sort of big making-of which would present not only the entire literary saga, but also the films, series, games and music ... from the birth of Frank Herbert until 'to Denis Villeneuve's film.
»Combining biographies, summaries, anecdotes or analyzes,
Les Visions de Dune is
aimed less at the die-hard Dunien than at the curious cinephile, the SF aficionado, who wishes to know the Dune phenomenon without having the time, or the desire to read and see everything.
"Dune, a masterpiece of science fiction"
Already author of books on
Star Wars
and
Game of Thrones
, Nicolas Allard dreamed of writing for several years on Dune, one of his favorite novels, "a story of incredible richness, with several levels of reading, as well. a great adventure novel than a great political, ecological and feminist novel ”.
His essay
Dune, a masterpiece of science fiction
(Dunod) offers a very accessible and always felt decryption of the major themes of the novel, as well as a comparative study with the saga of George Lucas.
A lineage assumed by Denis Villeneuve for his adaptation, as the book recalls and reports: “My ambition is to make the
Star Wars
film
that I have never seen.
In a way, it's a
Star Wars
for adults.
"
"#Dune, a masterpiece of science fiction" (@DUNOD) is illustrated with several Indian inks, made by @BriereMoan.
An overview of the themes and visual of the book?
Here is his trailer!
@Hachette_France @DuneSF @DuneInfo @DunePodcast @DuneNews pic.twitter.com/kLeBZ1M1MH
- Nicolas Allard (@ nicolasallard74) October 8, 2020
"Dune, the Mook"
This is the big piece of this bibliography on
Dune
, a project that has animated the fandom for several months, a magazine-book born under the impetus of journalist Lloyd Chery and funded through crowdfunding, in collaboration with the publishers L'Atalante and Leha.
“I wouldn't call myself a hardcore fan,” admits Lloyd Chery, “but I'm fascinated by what this work gives off.
Launching this mook in the author's centenary year, and bringing together some sixty people including Alejandro Jodorowsky, Denis Villeneuve and Robin Hobb, it's a victory that is both personal and professional, a dream that comes true.
"
So it does exist, it is not a myth!
And he's even really hot.
Finally, the #MookDune has arrived at my place!
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- Yuyine (@julieyuyine) December 12, 2020
All the “actors” of
Dune
thus intersect on more than 250 pages, 80 articles and a rich iconography, with for example Roland Lehoucq and Nicolas Allard, but also the youtubeur François Theurel, alias the Gravedigger of films, or the writer Pierre Bordage for an inaugural and a priori incongruous “Why read
Dune
today?
".
Because once the first page of the book has been turned, with your foot on this planet, you can't get back.
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