The album's title and several of its song titles reference Frank Herbert's novel Dune.

The novel begins on the planet of Arrakis, 35 years before the events of the original novel Dune.

The glossary of the novel Dune includes the following:

He is perhaps known best as the editor who championed the publication of Frank Herbert's bestselling novel Dune.

He is Padishah Emperor of the known universe in Herbert's 1965 novel Dune.

American science fiction author Frank Herbert adopted the idea for his novel Dune.

By the time of the events described in the 1965 novel Dune, Ix is the leader in providing technology to the Imperium.

A promotional video was recorded for the former and the latter included a quotation from the novel Dune by Frank Herbert.

The series takes place in the years leading up to the events in the original novel Dune.

Pardot Kynes was first introduced in the original novel Dune.