Full Timeline of the Dune Universe (34,000 Years)

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House Atreides can trace its lineage back to ancient Greece. Though the Expanded Dune Universe by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson offers some contradicting dates and accounts to the Dune Encyclopedia the Encyclopedia provides the most comprehensive timeline of the Dune universe. Though in the Original Frank Herbert Dune books Earth is lost in the midst of time the encyclopedia offers dates stretching all the way from humanities early beginnings on Earth to a few thousand years after the death of the God Emperor Leto the Second, up until the in-universe publication of the encyclopedia itself in 15540 AG.
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@QuinnsIdeas 5 жыл бұрын

Correction: House Atreides traces its ancestry to Greece not Rome.

@luismartinez399 5 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for the ultimate guide of heretics, you're tha BEST

@pfefferfilm 5 жыл бұрын

Was just gonna post this. But hein, I forgive you, Atreus>Menelaus>Tojan War>Rome so it's close enough, on this scale

@hammer326 5 жыл бұрын

"First Reverend mother" is also spelled wrong. Also, as I've posted before, You should think about another way to present art credits. Perhaps the title and artist right under each illustration rather than a list at the end. Links straight to uploads of these illustrations in the description would also work well and be very little work for you. Otherwise, HUGE fan of the channel and this video is one of my favorites so far.

@Shan_Dalamani 5 жыл бұрын

@@hammer326 Don't confuse "wild Reverend Mother" with the Bene Gesserit. According to the Encyclopedia, Jehanne Butler was part of the Bene Gesserit breeding program, and her daughter (the aborted Sarah Butler whose death was the catalyst for the Jihad) would have been the mother of the Kwisatz Haderach.

@jahanshah1538 5 жыл бұрын

Also how can a population decrease by 2000%? At most it can decrease by 100%

@D2ezbmu 4 жыл бұрын

The most terrifying thing to me about the Duneverse is the fact they never found any other intelligent life in the entire universe.

@magnasouza7624 3 жыл бұрын

D2ezbmu that’s sad actually

@Merguin 3 жыл бұрын

and if you look at some of the humans, that dont even look like humans anymore (wayfarther of the guild for example) :D

@dianasabau1933 3 жыл бұрын

@@Merguin from what I remember, the reason they don't even look human anymore is the prolonged exposure to the spice :D

@Candied_yamz 3 жыл бұрын

There is a brief mention of potential aliens in one of the books. When discussing the importance of keeping atomic weapons, they mention that the stockpiles are kept for many reasons including a potential encounter with “some other, non-human intelligence.”

@baltofarlander2618 3 жыл бұрын

@@Candied_yamz I think they may refered to AI that could potentially left from Butlerian Jihad.

@chriss.7363 2 жыл бұрын

Hilariously, Herbert wrote an article on sand dunes when he was a science writer, and his editor said "Who's interested in sand dunes? and never published it.

@Anothergoogleaccount1 2 жыл бұрын

I mean sand dunes are the least entertaining thing in the books what’s interesting is what humans are doing in the sand dunes so they were still right 😆.

@JimRFF 2 жыл бұрын

@@Anothergoogleaccount1 as someone who greatly enjoyed reading the appendices of Dune about planetary ecology... I, personally, disagree haha

@Anothergoogleaccount1 2 жыл бұрын

@@JimRFF Thats just you. Good for you the fact is the story is about messianic figures just because its set “in dunes” doesn’t mean the dune thing is what’s actually interesting in the story lol.

@JimRFF 2 жыл бұрын

@@Anothergoogleaccount1 but that applies both ways -- just because you're not interested in the environmental ecology aspect of the story doesn't mean it isn't interesting... That's just you

@Anothergoogleaccount1 2 жыл бұрын

@@JimRFF what im saying is people don’t read the book dune for the dunes they read it because of paul and his family and the conflict.

@casamir1 3 жыл бұрын

Earth being replanted & declared an emperially mandated natural park is the greatest thing I've ever heard

@Yarblocosifilitico 3 жыл бұрын

sounds kinda like a toned down version of Asimov's Gaia

@fafikommander1903 3 жыл бұрын

This happened in Doctor Who, too.

@RustyOrange71 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like United Nations Agenda 2030

@taterthepenguin 2 жыл бұрын

@@RustyOrange71 I WISH the UN were that based

@RustyOrange71 2 жыл бұрын

@@taterthepenguin oh they probably are. It'll be a big park ... but you won't be invited. You'll be able to watch from a distance on your tv though, or perhaps go on a virtual safari. Ready, Player One?

@mikhailstewart 2 жыл бұрын

Wait.. the entire Dune Movie was like a blip in this video.

@Despotic_Waffle 2 жыл бұрын

There's going to be a Dune Part 2. And the Dune Movie is supposed to cover Book 1. What most people know is usually Book 1, especially because the 1980s David Lynch movie only covered book 1. There was also a Syfy channel series of Dune whic coveres up until the God emperor of Dune.

@draxthemsklonst 2 жыл бұрын

exactly

@VK-pk8uz 2 жыл бұрын

You don't say :')

@0ThrowawayAccount0 Ай бұрын

Bro. Wait until you hear about your life in the history of humanity.

@CrimsonAzure-fh6yb Ай бұрын

@@0ThrowawayAccount0 Let him cook bro, any one of us can be remembered

@The_Mimewar 5 жыл бұрын

Why I love Dune the most, it’s not all laser blasters and spaceships fighting. There’s a RIDICULOUS devotion to language and ecology. It’s political intrigue in a setting that makes it amazing.

@kingscorpion7346 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I think I've waited long enough... time to read through them all again!

@anon9579 4 жыл бұрын

I seriously doubt anyone speaks english in this future

@johnniesstorytime7837 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Truly good hard sf like this is a treasure

@Colin-kh6kp 4 жыл бұрын

I always sum it up as game of thrones in space when someone asks me what its about lol.

@JezzMan 4 жыл бұрын

That's the way things are off planet, ecology and society need to mesh together. Or they both fall apart.

@vincer9960 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine how many lives, stories, and generations lie within these 34,000 years? You could probably create a thousand books based off these 34,000 years.

@lucaskp16 3 жыл бұрын

the son of the author is doing just that brian herbert has done 12 books around the 6 orignals. a lot of prequels also a book in between every original book and also dune 7 and 8 most of them SUCK. not all of them thoguht the first 3 books he made are actually good and a welcome adition to the original saga. they cover the life of leto 1 at full from young all the way to the birth of paul . the ones of The Butlerian Jihad are terrible and dune 7 and 8 deserve fire.

@jamesl9362 3 жыл бұрын

I just cannot accept the prequels into my understanding of dune. The dune original series is where it's at for me

@Randleray 3 жыл бұрын

@@lucaskp16 Oh come on, 7 and 8 were not actually bad. The problem with those books are just that if you are used to the style of Frank himself you have problems with Anderson and Herberts son. I read the original books and thought they are very exotic because the emphasis on philosophy from Frank is extraordinary big, his son wrote like most scifi stories are today: direct and very plastic. But to say the writing of Herberts son is bad just gives Dune fans the image of ultra closeminded fanatics.

@Cein-wyn 3 жыл бұрын

I’ve been told many times that I’m not a “true” Dune fan, all because I also enjoy what Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson have written. They have expanded the Dune universe perfectly in my opinion, Norma Cenva is my favourite character. Love Dune since I was a child and I read it every year.

@Alejojojo6 3 жыл бұрын

Humanity on earth (as modern humans) has been alive from 100 000. For example, 40 000 years ago humans arrived in Europe. The Pyramids were built 5000 years ago. The foundation of Athens was 3500 years ago and that of rome 2750 years ago with its subsequent fall 1500 years ago. Then the discovery of America happened 630 years ago and the American colonies where founded 350 years ago. WW II was just 80 years ago.

@Marshmellow3971 Жыл бұрын

The more I learn about Dune, the more I am convinced that Frank Herbert is one of the greatest writers in history. The detail in the world, the complex political plots, the multi-dimensional characters, and the way all of these combine to convey themes is something that few other authors have pulled off. It’s even more impressive when you consider he basically invented modern science fiction.

@DrWhom Жыл бұрын

I don't think so. The prose is often jejune and clumsy. He is great at building up political tension with lots of people and factions second-guessing one another, but he has no sense of combat and once conflicts come to a head, things are abruptly halted by some lazy deus ex machina.

@glennhubbard5008 Жыл бұрын

Star Wars for adults.

@ericzboya5580 10 ай бұрын

And to think that his manuscript was rejected 22-23 times.

@thehunter1113 8 ай бұрын

He is, he basically mainstreamed sci fi and inspired many universes such as Star Wars and Warhammer 40,000.

@TheCHOCOLATEsteven 4 ай бұрын

No love for Asimov?

@totablezeus4189 2 жыл бұрын

7:27 cool how it shows a lunar lander as “ancient, alien ruins.” Really shows how far humanity in dune has gone

@Karlach_ 11 ай бұрын

crazy yeah

@GabiN64 4 жыл бұрын

No wonder Dune is treated with so much reverence it basically provided the inspiration for a lot of sci fi.

@Karlach_ 11 ай бұрын

I can't believe it took until the 2020s for us to get a high budget faithful adaptation of the first Dune book.

@Nonnnn765 11 ай бұрын

@@Karlach_ what a movie though

@Karlach_ 11 ай бұрын

@@Nonnnn765 Agreed i'm so fuckin' hyped for part 2 ngl. I'm more hyped for it than I was for John Wick 4 and that's saying something lol

@mrbuggz5213 Ай бұрын

@@Karlach_well it’s out and I hope you enjoyed it. We thought it was phenomenal!! Loved it

@rgarus 22 күн бұрын

@@Karlach_the lisan al gaib has shown us the way!!!!!!

@abrahamvanhelsing6723 5 жыл бұрын

Warhammer 40K, Star Wars and almost every modern sci-fi: Hey can I copy your homework? Dune: sure but change it up a bit so it doesn’t look like you did

@wewuzkangz4723 5 жыл бұрын

Lmao! You pinpointed it

@jonathanhawkins4544 5 жыл бұрын

Says most sci Fi ever

@Marcoffs83 4 жыл бұрын

yeah

@moguldamongrel3054 4 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Hawkins recycled ideas are the easiest to rebrand. From a business standpoint its easier to take a brand and try a newish idea, rather then create a new brand with a new idea. Less risk. Not to mention you automatically get the fanbase with appropriation of a brand. Though that doesnt last long if you cant carry on its ethos.

@MaskofAgamemnon 4 жыл бұрын

As long as they both kick royalties over to Azimov.

@Grak70 7 ай бұрын

What’s terrifying to me is how long 34,000 years feels in the Dune universe. And yet we know humans have existed probably 200,000 years longer than that; all of that history is lost to us. And even our existence is a blink compared to what has come before. Humans were not meant to know these things, but we know nonetheless. The dark void of the past yawns behind.

@stickykitty 3 ай бұрын

I too share the same feeling of Utter terror When trying to imagine the time span Scary sht The void

@janelleg597 Ай бұрын

Hard pass

@brandonreiies12 Ай бұрын

That's why people turn to religion.

@Drew-po6ju Ай бұрын

Knowing we are probably 200,000 years. Maybe we are currently stuck in matrix

@RustCohleTX 14 күн бұрын

Asteroid will do it to you🥲

@jonathanz.9675 2 жыл бұрын

The god emperor beginning to turn into a large worm makes me think that the worms on Dune might have been the previous alien race that started using so much spice that they started marking their own spice and eventually became as they are now, the giant worms of dune

@zet0korp 2 жыл бұрын

Are you calling Shaihulud spice junkies?! Heretiiiiiic!.

@jezebulls 2 жыл бұрын

Totally!! Knowing that we will never know the true origin of the sandworms makes it even more intriguing to have endless conversations about forever.

@sridevisudhahar309 2 жыл бұрын

THIS. I've thought about for a while honestlyyy

@jonathanz.9675 2 жыл бұрын

@@jezebulls Yeah. Haha. That's the frustrating thing about fiction

@papasquat3882 2 жыл бұрын

No, they were sandtrout. It explains in children of dune

@MrDaddynomates 5 жыл бұрын

Isn't it amazing what the Human imagination can create.

@Felhek 5 жыл бұрын

I believe we're not creating when we're imagine. We're seeing it in our mind. We see other realities, our ignorance makes us think that we are creating those stories and images in our mind. Those images are real. We can access to those places through our mind.

@2fathomsdeeper 4 жыл бұрын

There are two types of dreamers, those that dream with their eyes shut, and those that dream with their eyes open. Beware the latter, for they can act upon those dreams!

@Bluecheese1400 4 жыл бұрын

Felhek Lehrian what if the dune universe actually exist because if the human imagination. Imagine many universe that we imagine in sci if and fantasy actually exist

@baltofarlander2618 3 жыл бұрын

@@Felhek I'm also convinced this is true. I think that every work of fiction ever is just representation of another world discovored by its author.

@baltofarlander2618 3 жыл бұрын

@Anne O'Nymous if you really believe that, you are trully misinformed.

@xensan76 4 жыл бұрын

Frank Herbert was truly a visionary.

@goldenvrpca7962 4 жыл бұрын

I hope so.

@gauloiseguy 4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. My personal favourites are Herbert, Sagan and Asimov. Of which Herbert is in a league of his own.

@Buckeye_4_Life_ 4 жыл бұрын

Could H.P. Lovecraft be thrown in also..?

@merseyviking 3 жыл бұрын

Well, he was worried about the Middle East oil crisis and kinda got carried away.

@denniscarroll3164 3 жыл бұрын

The imagination involved in these stories is amazing to me.

@yeahnahman4217 2 жыл бұрын

I love when you start getting into a new lore and you realise this inspired that. Like no one can tell me 40k wasn’t inspired by this

@borisalarcon7504 2 жыл бұрын

No one can tell me 40k and Starship Troopers didn't inspired Starcraft

@ehaslage Жыл бұрын

When I started reading Dune, I realized that everything was Dune; Star Trek, ASOAIF, everything.

@JesusTorres-ue3yr Жыл бұрын

@@borisalarcon7504 the Craft games where intended to be warhammer games but GW pulled their license for 40k out last minute. So they just created their own universe

@borisalarcon7504 Жыл бұрын

@@JesusTorres-ue3yr that's interesting, man. Do u have a source ?

@papanurgle8393 Жыл бұрын

40k takes a *lot* from Dune.

@johnmccall4528 4 жыл бұрын

In all this time i like to imagine there are a handful of normal people still living on earth, thankful for the peace and quiet.

@smittenkitten8811 3 жыл бұрын

They wouldn't be living on Earth anymore. In one of the prequels, Earth got atom bombed so hard that it became a dead, lifeless ball.

@felbarashla 2 жыл бұрын

Per this video, all life on Terra was destroyed, then it was reseeded and turned into a nature preserve. Theoretically later it’s location was lost so possibly some people moved onto it later not realizing or caring where they were.

@samlosco8441 2 жыл бұрын

That may happen IRL eventually. First as humanity expands into the solar system - settling on terraformed Mars and Venus (again, not a guarantee, but a potentiality), living by the millions in the Asteroid and Kuiper Belts as well as the Oort Cloud, and perhaps in their billions on space habitats like O'Neill Cylinders. Earth would still be the centre of humanity of course, but that would be the beginning. If/when we leave the solar system and begin voyages into the "nearby" star systems, we will see millions/billions more leave - whether motivated by scientific/economic reasons or simply for the sake of land and exploration. But eventually Earth would become more of a symbolic centre than anything, and likely the vast majority of people would eventually live outside of it. I think it would be quite nice though - to imagine a future where humanity has colonised 10 star systems and spans tens, if not hundreds, of billions of people, with Earth at the centre with a remaining core population of like 2 billion just chilling

@gamefan987 2 жыл бұрын

@@smittenkitten8811 That's non canon to this video. Also the prequels happened 10 000 years ago, wouldn't all the radiation be gone ready ?

@andrewwatson4896 Жыл бұрын

@@gamefan987 The half-life of Uranium-235 is 700 million years, so Earth would still be very unpleasant for a very long time after being nuked.

@QuinnsIdeas 2 жыл бұрын

THIS VIDEO IS 3 YEARS OLD. I KNOW HOW TO PRONOUCE DIASPORA AT THIS POINT.

@sweeperboy 2 жыл бұрын

lol, I think I twitched every time you said "dias-pora", haha

@NoOneUsesTheirRealName 2 жыл бұрын

If it makes you feel any better, I had to go look it up to make sure I wasn’t wrong

@MarkConnolly 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, a great video but dia-spora rather than Dias-pora really gets intolerable. Such a shame after clearly so much work….

@luadiva 2 жыл бұрын

You learned the word by reading,. 🙏🏽

@Bobbyjones2345 2 жыл бұрын

Did you figure our how percents work yet too?

@gagaplex Жыл бұрын

I love how it ends on a positive note: Despite all the wars, persecution, intrigue and destruction, in the end humanity spread far and wide, safe from annihilation for as long as the universe itself persists...

@luckyabdurrahman1085 Жыл бұрын

not so sure about that, I mean they may spread to the furthest reaches of the universe, but perhaps after they have conquered everything, they will stagnate and in time, their will to live will be snuffed out

@hollykm Жыл бұрын

@@luckyabdurrahman1085 Not if further generations are born and the universe's processes of stars exploding and creating new planets persist.

@luckyabdurrahman1085 Жыл бұрын

@@hollykm Surely one day the stars would cease creation, only decay persists, one by one, the stars will extinguish, long-living red and white dwarves too will one day die, black holes will die as well in an incomprehensible amount of time, but everything will decay, perhaps human existence was doomed from the start, what's the point of persistence even?

@klaud643 Ай бұрын

@@luckyabdurrahman1085even just the existence of the word persistence is enough. That's the point. Being a human is being persistant.

@user-cr4cj1fl8z 19 күн бұрын

My take is that what Leto did was force humanity to brake off the shackles of the Imperium and the stagnation it represented but lets not forget human nature and i believe everything will come back in a circle. Eventually new Empires , kingdoms will be created , new tech , new motives , new wars etc etc so as to say life goes on.

@jezebulls 2 жыл бұрын

After watching the 2021 film and going on a Dune marathon on your channel, I realize the latest film is only a grain of spice in a vast desert planet of source material. I will be overjoyed the day The God Emperor makes it onto the big screen. I just hope they invest the time and budget needed to properly adapt something of this magnitude.

@saeedasayed5048 Жыл бұрын

Atleast another ten years before it comes out tho

@JamesHomieHolmes 8 ай бұрын

@@saeedasayed5048haven't even gotten the second half yet, and I'm already getting hyped for the 4th or 5th movie 😂😂

@MRony Ай бұрын

No movie will ever do these books justice. It needs to be turned into an Anime. The Japanese are bold enough to animate all of the absurd and wild ideas into images.

@Drew-po6ju Ай бұрын

@@MRonyit is possible if handle carefully. Look at the lore of George RR Martin being portrayed. I’m sure Dune can do the same.

@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep Ай бұрын

@@MRony When AI can create live action movies from source material we'll likely have these books adapted to tv shows that look like the best high budget movies every episode. AI can already create pictures and 1 minute video with promps and recreate voices and faces, also fill in story and create story. So I would think it's safe to assume being generous as in ignoring the exponential increase in development but a slow one in 15-20 years we'll have this for sure if not in 5-10. Lots of old tv shows will be easily revived with AI re-creating the old characters and their voices and perhaps the plot of the show itself soon enough and it will be cheap because it will only be royalties for the estates of the people, no paying for actors or special effects or sets or anything and studios will likely already own the rights to the IP so won't even have to pay for that. We are about to enter into the golden age of media. I just hope soon enough we'll have the new next form of it for at home like actual good advanced AR/VR in 3D.

@SuperUnunquadium 5 жыл бұрын

Crazy how much of 40k was derived from this universe

@DarkestCrusade 5 жыл бұрын

and warframe, and...well..dune + works of lovecraft and you have every dark sience fiction universe today XD

@Nebula_Ultra 5 жыл бұрын

Scifi creates scifi

@jneal729 5 жыл бұрын

Crazy how much GoT is derived from this universe considering everyone else's never ending need to compare it to LotR. One throne, warring houses, persistent backstabbing, assassins, mentats(maesters), etc...

@itheivoidi9151 4 жыл бұрын

How?

@walterclements8905 4 жыл бұрын

DarkestCrusade Yes warhammr 40k but warfram is not similar

@TheCosmicVagabond 5 жыл бұрын

Reading the Dune books again after forty years. Such a different perspective on them at 62 years of age compared to the naive 22 year old I used to be.

@Msmargret1 Жыл бұрын

I've been right here with you! And, he's still my favorite author.

@hw77-lo5dz 11 күн бұрын

That's quite reassuring; do you really think you were naive at 22? I'm that age now and feel like I've seen everything already.

@shanehudson3995 3 жыл бұрын

I still prefer Dune when the Butlerian Jihad was a fanatical movement against Man's reliance of machines instead of a war against Skynet.

@TuffLP 3 жыл бұрын

midgetydeath Aren‘t they all trained in Wierding? Prety sure noone who can‘t do wierding could even hope to touch someone who can. It basically turns you into an reality warper.

@netrowthe 3 жыл бұрын

midgetydeath In the first book Jessica beat stilgar, which he himself said meant that she could beat his entire tribe 1v1. The fremen women were said to be “just as fierce as the men”. The Bene gesserit were a force to be reckoned with. If what you’re describing is your definition of a feminazi wet dream then it should’ve always been a feminazi wet dream to you.

@asaenvolk 3 жыл бұрын

@midgetydeath That's because Herbert and his co-writing assistant, his wife, considered themselves feminists.

@BlackEpyon 2 жыл бұрын

I just find the entire concept of the Butlerian Jihad to be ridiculous. Sure, rebel against the masters, but why blame the tools? I also have to keep in mind that Frank Herbert wrote before the advent of the digital age.

@bun197 2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackEpyon Because the tools start controlling mankind, even if they are not intelligent. Look at a book like the technological society by ellul and you can see what influenced herbert here

@johnfairweather7012 11 ай бұрын

It's kinda crazy that Paul's story is only a small portion of what goes on in the dune universe. Can't wait for the second half

@JL0ndon 5 жыл бұрын

This is so good, i always come back to Dune for inspiration when i want to imagine something completely vast and fictional. It feels so real and i can’t help but feel like Frank Herbert’s sprawling lore is the stuff myths and legends are made of. Fantastic work again

@georgeturner301 5 жыл бұрын

I am listening to the prequels now, on amazon.

@moocowtoyou 5 жыл бұрын

dune is an alchemical magik book... i am mid finishing the series, messiah and god emperor kick the hell out of original...poor Leto

@sireuchre 5 жыл бұрын

Want to really contextualize this in an even more mind crushing perspective? The human species is still older than this timeline, and the dinosaurs vanished 1900 times longer ago than this duration. The dinosaurs lived for over 4000 times this duration. It is entirely conceivable a civilization could rise and vanish to the stars in the time between the dinosaurs and the rise of our own. Plug that back into the context of the earth being set aside as a nature preserve and then lost. Is Dune really the saga of our lost ancestors?

@Gaia_Seraphina 4 жыл бұрын

@@sireuchre Late answer: Nope! Unless Herbert was a prophet. But I don't believe in anything ( incl. any belief system ), cuz it derived from human imagination. The odds are long, that any of those ideas hit the mark.

@ZakhadWOW 3 жыл бұрын

Dune/Foundation series for Sci-FI, and Middle-Earth stuff for Fantasy. Not sure anything can ever touch them ( though many critics viewed Raymond Feist's Midkemian epic Riftwar cycles as a modern successor to Tolkien for fantasy).

@atomic_wait 5 жыл бұрын

How could the population of Earth decrease by 2000%? Wouldn't a decrease of 100% mean no people are left?

@hammer326 5 жыл бұрын

I think subsequent births are somehow part of the equation, but good question. My math education stops at 11th grade, I'm in my 20's, so someone more knowledgeable can doubtless confirm or denounce my theory here.

@janus1124 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don't know how to square that circle. It's a really poorly written statement.

@tonyhind6992 5 жыл бұрын

I bought one back in the 90's Its a cool book.

@StarboyXL9 5 жыл бұрын

@@janus1124 It's the statistical equivalent of an optical illusion. I believe it has to do with scaling/exponential growth or some such mathemagical nonsense. Damn mathematicians, always doing statistical back flips and handstands. We get it, U Iz Vewy Smawt.

@modolief 5 жыл бұрын

If 100% of a population is killed, then nobody is left living. So you can't decrease a population by more than 100%, unless you have some concept of negative people. Perhaps he meant the population was decreased to 1/2000 of it's prior number? That would be a decrease by 99.95%.

@RWZiggy 2 жыл бұрын

It's fun to try to convert into crude approximations of our calendar. If Rome fell in 16400 BG and we take that to be 400 AD, then we start colonizing solar system in 2700 AD, and have Jihad (200 years before Guild) and Guild at about 16600 and 16800 AD. Events of first volume of Dune about 10,100 years later at 26,900 AD. Give or take a few centuries...

@miguelmarrero3383 2 жыл бұрын

Nice

@haircafekevin 2 жыл бұрын

So Dune takes place even farther than 20 thousand years in the future.

@sheevpalpatine2128 2 жыл бұрын

Like 40k the god emporer shows up just before the 29th mill give or take a mill 😄

@sectorgovernor Жыл бұрын

Epic

@joshhiles7390 2 жыл бұрын

It’s entirely possible none of the “empires” until the “current” one were actually empires. “Seat of Imperial Power” in the article seems to refer to broad hegemony rather than actually being an empire. The Cold War is referred too as a “conflict between House Washington and House Steel” (America and Soviet Russia, Stalin means “Man of Steel”) after “House Windsor” (England) loses their Imperium. The in-universe writers of the encyclopedia are interpreting the past through their own present (like historians always do). Anyway. Everyone read the encyclopedia. It’s amazing.

@ludodo3755 Жыл бұрын

Where I can read that

@joshhiles7390 Жыл бұрын

@@ludodo3755 The Dune Encyclopedia used to be available online in a couple of places. Can’t find it now so you might have to buy a copy or 🏴‍☠️

@seedee3d Жыл бұрын

Now "House Mao" is superceding "House Washington" in every single way as we enter a multipolar world order, with the ideologists of the latter denying their own death rattle, lashing out in a desperate attempt to preserve it's hegemony.

@asciiguy1 11 күн бұрын

the bene gesserit thought democracy dangerous. It would make sense to wipe historical references for the common folk and promote the feudal/monarchal system.

@manica53 4 жыл бұрын

What I enjoy the most from dune is the fact that an AI revolution happened like 10,000 years before we even start the book and the prohibition of it. Is just as if F. Herbert wanted to tell us how vast and incredible our mind is how much we can accomplish just by challenging us. Also the fact that politics is so important in a universe that’s so vast is quite amazing.

@darknessincarnate138 2 ай бұрын

And also no aliens

@karenjustice6265 4 жыл бұрын

We have a young woman, nineteen years old, at work who is reading this for the first time. I'm so excited for her! The Dune universe will hopefully hook her.

@moarsaur 4 жыл бұрын

I hope you warned her to stop at God Emperor.

@duncanportal3033 4 жыл бұрын

I am reading this for the 3rd time. I will only read the 1st three books. Later, I shall read Foundation.

@Yarblocosifilitico 3 жыл бұрын

@@duncanportal3033 how's that going? Are you enjoying Foundation? (big fan here although it's been a long time since I read it)

@johndoe5432 4 жыл бұрын

40k's lore is significantly less impressive when you realize just how much of it is essentially reskinned Dune.

@lucaskp16 3 жыл бұрын

@Trevor Tammen Dune focuses on things different from 40k. also Dune its at the core a warning about charismatic leaders and the damage cult of personality can create. also unlike 40k ecology is a central piece of Dune,showing you how delicate the envoriment balance can be and how devastating the consecuenses can be of messing with it. 40k is more action focused while dune in the first book skips the final battle to only show you the preparation and the aftermath, because the battle itself is not relevant.

@christopherthrobbin7951 3 жыл бұрын

and dune is less impressive when you realize its just a reskin of our own world history.

@aldrichthedevourer8172 3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherthrobbin7951 and human history is less impressive when you realize it's all reskined drama scenarios

@ArchlordZer0 3 жыл бұрын

@Trevor Tammen Because Dune's narrative goal is not action. The goal is the message and themes of the books. The entire story is to deliver an idea and for you to think about the idea presented. It's intention is to not distract you with wars and battles, but to show you the important stuff (which is the political intrigue, which are the actions of people who started these wars and battles, but then sit comfortably on their thrones.)

@tudormunteanu2633 2 жыл бұрын

Still one of the best sci fi creations out there

@rikospostmodernlife Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: according to the Human Era calendar, we are currently in the year 12,022. That is the time that passed from the start of the civilizatory process with the first evidences of agriculture and non huther-gatherer societies like Gobekli Tepe. In the same calendar, the city of Eridu dates to the year 3100.

@thedesigner388 11 ай бұрын

Or maybe we're in the future on a world seeded by people escaping and they lost most of their tech

@weirdshibainu 5 жыл бұрын

Dune universe makes Star wars look like a comic book.

@davidwuhrer6704 5 жыл бұрын

There are comic books that make Star Wars look like baby's first crayon painting.

@robertstanley5555 5 жыл бұрын

Your universe is as large as you need it to be to contain the stories written in it, be they movies, books or whatever. Hence the Warhammer 40k universe makes even the Dune one look small and underdeveloped, despite much in it that is inherently absurd. It also helps when the creativity of contributors isn't too crippled by the suits' love of copyright law and the fans' love of 'canon'.

@eldermoose7938 5 жыл бұрын

Can't i like both

@JJMHigner 5 жыл бұрын

I love Star Trek, but this is pretty true, lol.

@massamune70 5 жыл бұрын

Seriously? We are discussing Dune. Don't bring Star Wars and Star Trek into it. Who needs the Guild Navigators when you have Hyperspace :p

@JEK_VaNNNNN 4 жыл бұрын

I initially came here because of the new movie Denis Villeneuve is directing next year, but when I discovered how much of an influence this has had on star wars and scifi as a whole, my interest has increased 10 fold.

@valkyrie9553 Жыл бұрын

Rewatching it one more time. First was while getting excited about Dune being filmed and getting dragged into all of your Dune related videos. Now - after having read the entire Dune saga books & waiting for the Dune part 2 coming in November. What a lovely visit. Once again, master, we salute your deep knowledge and the astounding ability to impart it on your bewildered audience

@handsomefatboy 11 ай бұрын

This was such a beautiful example of great calculative imagination. Every time I see any intergalactic show or movie and notice aliens with basically the same anatomy as humans, it was always slightly irritating but this universe had a very logistical reason. I love how it’s supposed to be our universe just really far into the future and how we never encountered any Aliens gave it a rich sense of realism. Like what if the universe really is that big and we really are far away from anything.

@hijodelsoldeoriente 9 ай бұрын

Agreed. But I'd say The Expanse is closer to such description.

@rogertrooman7918 5 жыл бұрын

Woah... Is all of this gonna be on the midterm?

@harmonicartist 4 жыл бұрын

The New Yorker 1 I hope so, because it’s definitely not what I’m supposed to be studying right now

@arnoldrivas4590 3 жыл бұрын

The New Yorker 1 then what’s the final? An essay?

@Orionis_Delta 2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Meanwhile, the finals, which is a 25 page essay on how the God Emperor is great, is next month

@timeff5418 5 жыл бұрын

Quinn, I've watched and rewatched your Dune series videos. By far the best and in depth Dune content on the web. I forgot how much I loved God Emperor of Dune. Great stuff man, can't wait for the next batch...

@arcburn6340 5 жыл бұрын

God Emperor.

@magicmulder 4 жыл бұрын

That book was the worst. All talk and almost no action. My favourite was Chapterhouse and the seventh book.

@taotzu1339 4 жыл бұрын

8:54 'No single human could catalogue all of humanity at this point and no one can say what each of the individual experiences might entail'. Frank Herbert in all his wisdom could never have envisioned the rise of social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. Archaeologists thousands of years in the future will have a near complete record of pretty much the entire human civilization during the early days of the 21st century.

@nathandavis5003 3 жыл бұрын

If you think that data will last for ever you are wrong. If our society stopped now in a thousand years barely anything would be left and nothing we have done on computers would be left as none of it would last long term. We have no longer term data storage and if we did i doubt Facebook would end up on it. We do not really have much as a society designed to last even 100 years.

@robertmeier9253 3 жыл бұрын

if we can't keep records about something as important as the moon landing intact for 50 years, doubt if anything we are doing now will last 1,000

@Shan_Dalamani 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, please.There is a LOT that isn't archived online, or even mentioned. As I've said before: All the knowledge of this world is not found on Wikipedia.

@lsamoa 2 жыл бұрын

All that plastic junk we're producing and accumulating will last a thousand times longer than our social media accounts.

@mycroft16 2 жыл бұрын

If you think social media even comes close to encompassing the entire human civilization while we're stuck on this one planet you are deluding yourself. SM is an insanely small and 99.999% inane archive.

@vivekishere 2 жыл бұрын

3:06 I think it's interesting how even after all these years of space travel and scientific advancements people are being named after characters in a book written thousands of centuries ago, I think throughout the due series writers are also showing how humans still try to keep their perception and ideas intact when faced with the vastness and choas of the greater worlds. And how it plays out.

@mooeminou Жыл бұрын

Its not interesting at all, actually par for the course when you realize the author is a grown man living in the 20th century.

@SimpleNobody2420 4 жыл бұрын

Dune, the most underrated sci-fi universe in history.

@SimpleNobody2420 4 жыл бұрын

no, is just that it isn't so popular like star wars & star trek.

@Elthenar 4 жыл бұрын

@@SimpleNobody2420 It's just too dense for most people. However, Lord of the Rings was the same way until *Peter Jackson made it work for the masses. Maybe the new Dune that's coming out in 2020 can do the same.

@SimpleNobody2420 4 жыл бұрын

I hope so, because this Universe deserve more than what it got.

@lupinthethird5784 3 жыл бұрын

@@Elthenar Del Toro?

@lsamoa 2 жыл бұрын

@@Elthenar You mean Jackson

@kalavera992 5 жыл бұрын

Your Dune videos are awesome! Keep up the great work!!

@kitfo18 10 ай бұрын

I have just started to get into the Dune universe and the biggest problem I have had is video's being way way to long. This was perfect overall. Went into key times and important events. If I want to know more about a specific piece I can research it specifically and not just get 20 or 30 minutes of stuff that turns me off to wanting to learn more about this great universe that is Dune! Thank You, great video!

@c.w.simpsonproductions1230 Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest tragedies in literature was Herbert’s untimely death before he could write the grand conclusion to this saga.

@DrWhom Жыл бұрын

it would have been a lame deus ex machina

@Msmargret1 Жыл бұрын

Heaven keep the man, he was awfully good to me!

@Calibrumm 9 ай бұрын

the final books written based on his notes and by his long time co-writer are still pretty damn good, and to be fair, even if frank was still alive it would be extremely hard to write an ending that can live up to the grandeur of the rest of the series and be satisfying. I would have preferred he was able to finish it himself but what we got was pretty damn good regardless.

@Bredgy1009 5 жыл бұрын

I just love listening to stuff like this, I only read a handful of the books not so long ago and was absolutely fascinated by the Dune universe. My Dad did let me and my siblings watch David Lynch's Dune as kids and I've always enjoyed that movie and I've only recently found out that not many people liked it at all and that it was a bit of a flop. I'm really looking forward to the remake.

@BB-bi5ks 2 жыл бұрын

did you watch the new movie? its fantastic

@gabrielbarros8543 9 ай бұрын

I have good news for you, brother

@whoaitstiger 5 жыл бұрын

I've just discovered your channel recently and I've been missing out, it's amazing!

@flyingdutchman28 2 жыл бұрын

Every time there is mention of The Guild, I know Frank Herbert’s meant “The Lollipop Guild”. It is a little known fact bur the Dune Universe Intersects with the Wizard of Oz universe and “The Lollipop Guild” has performed experiments utilizing the human mind’s ability to teleport to different places and dimensions when exposed to psychedelics for millennia. Many thousands of years after the events depicted in the movie and when they had perfected the technique, they decided to bring their activities out of the shadows; at that time the name was simply shortened to “The Guild”, as there were no humans who remembered what a “lollipop” actually was.

@FirstNameLastName-kt3zn 2 жыл бұрын

This is the theory that makes the most sense to me

@marumisu9560 3 жыл бұрын

30,000 years and they never found a single alien :(

@jacobsmith4284 3 жыл бұрын

what's a sand worm?

@oldleatherhandsfriends4053 3 жыл бұрын

@William Leonard No, no they did not.

@GeoWolfsDeth 3 жыл бұрын

William Leonard no, the Freman’s religion led them to follow Paul and go jihadi in the universe. They also had the Orange Catholic Bible to keep nobles comforted.

@cedriceric9730 2 жыл бұрын

Why would they ? Do you know the limits of human potential?

@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 2 жыл бұрын

Sandworm: "am i a joke to you ?"

@TrailTrek 5 жыл бұрын

As usual very informative and enjoyable. Great work.

@planetoftheatheists6858 5 жыл бұрын

As much as I love these books and have read them over and over, I have never really done a proper timeline of the history. I am really happy that you did this ...it's very informative.

@dr.acidicbandit4216 2 жыл бұрын

Love coming back here and hearing the lore! Quinn you are amazing!

@dominusetdeus060644 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely delightful video thank you very much. Dune has always been my SciFi first love and I love the lore and history of it

@lord69z 5 жыл бұрын

You have maybe the greatest channel ever for in-depth analysis of great books/shows love it man

@dominusetdeus060644 5 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic video. Dune is a masterpiece of writing and imagination and I love anything related to it. Keep up the great work!

@RedSplinter36 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant collection of Dune lore and knowledge!!! As a fan of Dune since I was in elementary school (I'm 34 now haha) I truly appreciate all you do brother!!!

@Astrocreep2112 4 жыл бұрын

Somebody should write a book about all of this. It's fascinating.

@plaguedoctorjamespainshe6009 2 жыл бұрын

This is clearly just a rip off of that David lynch movie and Warhammer 40k

@sweeperboy 2 жыл бұрын

Don't you think a book or books about this would be rather...reductive?

@duncanidaho4787 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this.

@bogczarkrollevowski2509 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for serving lord leto II god emperor of humanity for many many years

@simmonslucas 4 жыл бұрын

Nearly a million views, you sir, should be invited to the 2020 premiere for being a Dune lighting rod for so long!

@Premium_Water 2 жыл бұрын

Good job explaining these and thanks for taking time to do so.

@rga8895 8 ай бұрын

I love your videos, I hope you will continue to make more Dune content in the future

@Caspar67 5 жыл бұрын

You always do an amazing job with the dune videos I wish I had the funds to help you on patreon

@morchario 4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Mathematically, all the humans who live in the dune universe, in the beginning of the dune book, are your descendants, and the descendants of every person who lives today on earth(unless all your descendants were killed somehow in some point, but it's very unlikely). Now, all I need is descendants 😧

@godalmighty1188 2 жыл бұрын

Have you, oh I don't know, tried having sex with women? I recall that being the way I made your species function when it comes to reproduction. I don't see the issue you guys have with this. Round peg, round hole. It's not rocket science, man.

@sergionada1 2 жыл бұрын

@@godalmighty1188 huh?

@lamarhinton5016 2 жыл бұрын

@@godalmighty1188 that was corny Ngl 😹😹

@wellesmorgado4797 2 жыл бұрын

I read once that the chance of a given person leaving descendants in the long term is close to 80%.

@morchario 2 жыл бұрын

@@wellesmorgado4797 yea. Something like that 😊

@YuriModesto Жыл бұрын

This video was incredibly helpful for my understanding about the Dune Universe. I’m right now reading the 6th book of the saga and a few questions were still in my mind about how humanity left earth and how the Imperium was born. It was amazing seeing the full development of things I read on the last 5 books. Thank a lot!

@synchro505 3 жыл бұрын

Viewing this video prior to watching the upcoming 2020 version of the Dune film will add greatly to the appreciation of the story. Videos like this got me hooked on this channel and greatly expanded my sci-fi knowledge!

@sarnxero2628 5 жыл бұрын

Before I even finish watching let me say, you are a madman. Thank you for that. Time to watch.

@Seattle_Kiwi 2 жыл бұрын

Love that you’ve got Jodorowsky's Dune references in your images. ❤️

@zeitGGeist 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I am just getting into Dune and videos like yours help me quite a bit

@kaliss7192 2 ай бұрын

"All rebels are closeted politicians." -God Emperor Leto II/III

@martinbaker613 5 жыл бұрын

Whenever I re-read Dune it's like coming home... beautiful

@Samcanplaymusic 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, you are quite possibly the biggest Dune fan of all time

@swirlcrop 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your awesome videos. They´re so well made.

@joek9353 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Quinn. Such a cool video. I’m a huge Dune fan.

@dantouzeau6985 5 жыл бұрын

So is Warhammer 40K just like one big Dune fanfic?

@ShinyaKogamiawesome 5 жыл бұрын

How dare you think such heresy! BLAM

@sandozdelysid 5 жыл бұрын

Sooo much meth... Sooo much fun/paint

@Hamzat22 5 жыл бұрын

Where is my bolter?

@Pencils440 5 жыл бұрын

So many god emperors

@freshlymemed5680 5 жыл бұрын

Its safe to say 40k has been heavily inspired by Dune. But i personally feel like 40k is a giant passionate melting pot of bolters, chaos and a whole lot of heresy.

@crozraven 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine if this series adapted into RPG game like Witcher 3

@liminal_spice1712 5 жыл бұрын

Croz Raven yaaaasssss

@anon-iraq2655 5 жыл бұрын

i'm erect

@warhammernerd52Daxx-Lorenzo898 5 жыл бұрын

That's the *ONLY* way we'll get a modern Dune game, just based on the holy texts of Frank The Herbert, of course

@KunjaBihariKrishna 5 жыл бұрын

I can only dream. And even then it would be based off the first book again. A brilliant story as it is, I love the dune universe and wish there'd be games set in different times than just dune1

@warhammernerd52Daxx-Lorenzo898 5 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking some sort of open-universe Dune game with both couch-co-op and online-co-op, like No-Man's Sky and Haven: Call Of The King put together

@MartinsGarage97 3 жыл бұрын

Good thing about quarantine, I have been able to watch all his Dune videos.

@info_fox 2 жыл бұрын

You did a excellent job explaining it clearly.

@ga9967 5 жыл бұрын

You sir, are the best. You have enriched my understanding of this most amazing work.

@TillBaum 5 жыл бұрын

Me as a 40k fan, i am allways amused how much 40k was "inspired" by dune.

@secretsmysteries8338 4 жыл бұрын

I love the stunning artwork shown here.

@K3K900 3 жыл бұрын

You are the best, all this info is perfect now that the new movie is coming out

@Dermetsu 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, I haven't read the books yet but I'm fascinated with the lore.

@klyanadkmorr 5 жыл бұрын

I LIVED in the Dune universe from HS into College reading Dune-2-Chapterhouse Dune AS THEY WERE BEING PUBLISHED from God Emperor onward(late 70's into 80s') But for peeps these days TLDR to just quick overview and get visuals, read WIKIAs too, then I'd say rent/torrent/buy the Lynch 'Dune' for the esoteric LSD dreamy feel that the books have but it doesn't follow the books well, then jump into the 2nd Syfy Dune movie 'Children of Dune' that follows 80% of the DuneMessiah/CoD story some characters get a slight different arc but is good for the era cgi and young James McAvoy(LetoII) being very regal royal smart and 'super' with the young actress matching him great as Ghanima. my CoD playlist - ** kzfaq.info/sun/PLC34E5CF002224561

@MrAshCarr 5 жыл бұрын

How's the Reverend Mother? She's wild, man.

@lynn9744 3 жыл бұрын

She's a Reverned Mother! (such bad spelling on the video!)

@garynew9637 3 жыл бұрын

Smooth and compelling narration.

@f-u-nkyf-u-ntime 2 жыл бұрын

I'm really enjoying your content

@TheHorreK2 4 жыл бұрын

I just noticed how much the warhammer universe was "inspired" by Dune. Crazy considering how much Warhammer influenced other IPs

@shannymuffin1317 3 жыл бұрын

Well yeah, Its like, coca cola and Sprite, different flavors, but with inspiration

@henrick_the_lover Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing

@exposingproxystalkingorgan4164 3 жыл бұрын

I like this generalized briefing og the entire hhstory of the Dune universe.

@theodaxpeters4892 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this. It's very helpful.

@larenzobinns1723 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastically done! 💥💪🏽

@skippychurch2965 Ай бұрын

My God, you're a huge nerd. I love it!

@pamelawhite3887 4 жыл бұрын

As a kid, my Dado would read to me and my sisters. Every night, we experienced all types of literature. My Dado's favorite was always sci fi. I remember parts of Dune, saw the original movie and then much later, read the book for myself. I just ran across your Vids and you have opened a whole new world of Dune for me. I will be going back to the original book for another read and will keep you as a subscribed You Tube.....Never mind the Correctors and their tireless nit picking. A nit is a tiny bug and therefore is insignificant. Keep going with all the Beautiful Nerdiness. My Dado was the best at Nerdiness and thanks for giving me back those memories. Love ya....

@deanerhockings-reptilianhu8701 4 жыл бұрын

Remarkable work Sir!

@harikili 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video man.

@Cat_Woods Жыл бұрын

I thought I had read all of Frank Herbert's Dune books, but after watching your "Ultimate Guide," I realize I only read through God Emperor. I think I found the Leto worm tyrant so depressing that I didn't look for the others after that. I'm kind of glad I didn't, at the time, read to the point where all of Arrakis was destroyed. Herbert had an interesting mind, certainly. I always found myself wondering what his trauma was.