Books
Frank Herbert’s Dune: A Critical Companion (2022) [view the press release]
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Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe: Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction (2021) [view the press release]
*Please note that I do not make money from sales of my book on the Springer/Palgrave site or Amazon, due to the nature of the academic publishing industry. I only benefit if you purchase using an affiliate referral link (and accept cookies).
Springer/Palgrave offers a much more generous referral link percentage to authors, so if you’d like to buy Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe, please do so here from them (get 25-45% off with coupon code mystery2023 through March 27) – free shipping for hardcover, ebook is instant PDF download). If you still prefer Amazon, please use this Amazon referral link. Thanks for supporting independent scholars!
I also have a chapter titled “Liberating Women’s Bodies: Feminist Philosophy and the Bene Gesserit of Dune” in the book Dune and Philosophy: Minds, Monads, and Muad’Dib (2022), available on Amazon in paperback or ebook. My chapter includes new material not in my first book about the theories of philosopher Iris Marion Young and bodily mobility in relation to the Bene Gesserit.
Other Books
If you haven’t yet read Dune, you can find it on Amazon, your local bookstore, or local library. If you’re interested in other recent scholarship about the Dune series, check out Discovering Dune: Essays on Frank Herbert’s Epic Saga (2022), which is a collection covering topics such as philosophy, political science, disability studies, religion, environment, and history.
Articles
Kennedy, K. (2021). Spice and Ecology in Herbert’s Dune: Altering the Mind and the Planet. Science Fiction Studies, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 444-461. [pre-production version, hosted on ResearchGate]
Kennedy, K. (2021). Frank Herbert, the Bene Gesserit, and the Complexity of Women in the World of Dune. Tor.com
Kennedy, K. (2021). Lawrence of Arabia, Paul Atreides, and the Roots of Frank Herbert’s Dune. Tor.com
Kennedy, K. (2020). The Softer Side of Dune: The Impact of the Social Sciences on World-Building. In M.J.P. Wolf (Ed.), Exploring Imaginary Worlds: Essays on Media, Structure, and Subcreation (pp. 159-174). Routledge. [pre-production version, hosted on this site]
Kennedy, K. (2016). Epic World-Building: Names and Cultures in Dune. Names, vol. 64, no. 2, pp. 99–108. DOI: 10.1080/00277738.2016.1159450 [production version, hosted on ResearchGate]
~another article on Dune forthcoming~
Interviews
Dune Pod Interview about my book on the Bene Gesserit; available on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
