Trainspotting (novel) grown eloquent". The novel has since achieved a cult status, added to by the global success of the film based on it, "Trainspotting" (1996), directed by Danny Boyle. Welsh wrote a sequel, "Porno", in 2002. "Skagboys", a novel that serves as a prequel, was published in April 2012. The novel is split up into seven sections: the first six contain multiple chapters of varying length and differing focus. The novel's origins in short fiction are still visible though no segment or chapter is wholly independent of the others. The majority of the stories are narrated by the novel's central protagonist,
Dune prequel series Dune" (2006) and "Sandworms of Dune" (2007), sequels to Frank Herbert's final novel "" (1985) which complete the chronological progression of his original series and wrap up storylines that began with his "Heretics of Dune" (1984). Prelude to Dune is a prequel trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in Frank Herbert's "Dune" universe. The series takes place in the years leading up to the events in the original novel "Dune" (1965) and explores the origins of some of its characters. In 1997, Bantam Books made a $3 million deal with the authors for three