Arrakis
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Arrakis (, ), informally known as Dune and later called Rakis, is a fictional desert planet featured in the Dune series of novels by Frank Herbert. Herbert's first novel in the series, 1965's Dune, is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time and is among the best-selling science fiction novels in history.
Key facts
- Fictional location.alt_name
- Dune, Rakis
- Fictional location.creator
- Frank Herbert
- Fictional location.genre
- Science fiction
- Fictional location.type
- Desert
- Fictional location.locations
- Arrakeen, Sietch Tabr
- Fictional location.ethnic_group
- Fremen
- Fictional location.name
- Arrakis
- Fictional location.image
- GrandPalace+Dunes.jpg
- Fictional location.caption
- Grand Palace of Arrakeen and dunes of Arrakis from Frank Herbert's "The Road to Dune" (1985), illustrated by Jim Burns
- Fictional location.series
- Dune universe
- Fictional location.first
- Dune (1965)
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12 sectionsContents
- Environment and the spice
- Inhabitants
- Plotlines
- Features
- Arrakeen
- Sietch Tabr
- The Citadel of Leto II
- Other locations
- Prequels
- Namesakes
- Analysis
- References
Arrakis (, ), informally known as Dune and later called Rakis, is a fictional desert planet featured in the Dune series of novels by Frank Herbert. Herbert's first novel in the series, 1965's Dune, is considered one of the greatest science fiction novels of all time and is among the best-selling science fiction novels in history.
In Dune, Arrakis is the most important planet in the universe, as it is the only source of the drug melange. Melange (or "the spice") is the most essential and valuable commodity in the universe, as it extends life and makes safe interstellar travel possible (among other uses). Harvesting the spice is also hazardous in the extreme, due to both the harsh climate of the planet and the fact that melange deposits are guarded by giant sandworms.