Frank Herbert's influential science fiction novel Dune (1965) is usually understood as a prescient work of environmentalism. Yet it is also concerned with empire, and not merely in an abstract way. Herbert worked in politics with the men who oversaw the United States’ overseas territories, and he took an unusually strong interest in Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest, particularly the Quileute Nation. Conversations with Quileute interlocutors both inspired Dune and help explain Herbert's turn toward environmentalism. This article recovers the neglected imperial context for Herbert's writing, reinterpreting Dune in light of that context.

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奎鲁特沙丘：弗兰克赫伯特、土著和帝国

弗兰克·赫伯特影响深远的科幻小说沙丘（1965）通常被理解为环保主义的先见之明。然而，它也与帝国有关，而不仅仅是抽象的。赫伯特与监督美国海外领土的人一起从事政治工作，他对太平洋西北部的土著社区特别是奎鲁特民族产生了异常浓厚的兴趣。与 Quileute 对话者的对话都受到启发沙丘并帮助解释赫伯特转向环保主义。本文为赫伯特的写作恢复了被忽视的帝国语境，重新诠释沙丘鉴于这种情况。