Giant worms. God-Emperors. Gom jabbars. When it comes to sci-fi, nobody does it quite like Dune. When Frank Hebert’s weird anti-chosen one epic first hit the shelves in 1965, who woulda thunk it would have inspired countless fantasy and sci-fi stories to follow? It’s almost as if a covet order of murderous space nuns orchestrated Dune‘s success from the very beginning, but surely the Bene Gesserit couldn’t be that influential… could they? If you or a loved one has been brainwashed into gobbling up fantastical space operas, here are 10 sci-fi and and fantasy books to read in order to sate your ravenous, Shai-Hulud-esque hunger for more.
