Dan Simmons
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Like Dune, this features deep world-building with religious and political themes, a desert planet setting, and multiple factions vying for control. The Canterbury Tales structure allows for the same epic scope and philosophical depth Herbert achieved.
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Ursula K. Le Guin
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Shares Dune's focus on anthropological world-building, political maneuvering, and the transformation of an outsider through immersion in an alien culture. Le Guin's prose has similar literary depth and explores ecology and society with comparable sophistication.
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Isaac Asimov
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Epic galactic scope with feudal politics, the fall and rise of empires, and prescient abilities parallel to Paul's visions in Dune. Both explore how individuals and institutions shape civilizations across vast timescales.
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