- ConSentiency universe
The ConSentiency is the first of three volume-spanning universes created by
science fiction authorFrank Herbert ; the others are the "Dune" universe and the he co-created with poet Bill Ransom. The ConSentiency works are Herbert's only stories with humans living on an equal footing withextraterrestrials (the novel "The Heaven Makers " features aliens as masters and "The Godmakers" presents them as primitives). The books are densely plotted and deal with many of the same subtle philosophical issues that marked Herbert's other material, but generally the ConSentiency works have been overshadowed by "Dune".Elements of the ConSentiency universe first appeared in the 1958 short story "
A Matter of Traces " but it was not until1964 's "The Tactful Saboteur " that the ConSentiency was systematically presented. In this time, human beings live together with alien races such as theGowachin ,Laclac ,Palenki ,Wreaves andPan Spechi , to name only a few, guided by a loosefederation of governments and corporations whose power is checked by theBureau of Sabotage . Communication between the far-flung star systems of the ConSentiency is through the agency of theTaprisiots , who facilitate mind-to-mind trances. Travel is provided byCaleban jumpdoors.The crisis documented in "
Whipping Star " involves the threatened destruction of the entire ConSentiency itself. In the second novel the migration of the population of the planet ofDosadi into the rest of the ConSentiency, mirroring theFremen Jihad of theDune books, alters the character of the galactic civilization forever.Works in the ConSentiency universe
* Herbert, Frank. "
A Matter of Traces " (short story) "Fantastic Universe ", 1958
* Herbert, Frank. "The Tactful Saboteur " (short story) "Galaxy Science Fiction ", 1964
* Herbert, Frank. "Whipping Star " (novel) "Galaxy Science Fiction", 1969
* Herbert, Frank. "The Dosadi Experiment " (novel)G. P. Putnam's Sons , 1977.
* Herbert, Frank "The ConSentiency and How it Got That Way" (essay) "Galaxy Science Fiction", 1977
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