The story is partly inspired by T. E. Lawrence. The name Arrakis is based on Iraq. Spice was based on oil. The emperor and his empire was based on the British Empire. The whole novel is a metaphor for the political situation in the Middle East in the mid and early 20th Century.
The story is partly inspired by T. E. Lawrence. The name Arrakis is based on Iraq. Spice was based on oil. The emperor and his empire was based on the British Empire. The whole novel is a metaphor for the political situation in the Middle East in the mid and early 20th Century.
Yup, I’ve read it 6 times by now. His basis for Dune is really easy to expand to any colonial imperialism though.