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Frank Herbert (1920 – 1986) was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first sf story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of ‘Dune World’ and ‘The Prophet of Dune’, amalgamated into the Hugo and Nebula-winning novel Dune in 1965.
‘Unique among SF novels . . . I know nothing comparable to it except The Lord of the Rings.’ Arthur C. Clarke
‘An epic of political betrayal, ecological brinkmanship, and messianic deliverance… a universe of Machiavellian realpolitik, science fiction through the prism of the Cold War. There is little that is cute or cuddly: no furry-footed Hobbits, no teddy-bear-like Ewoks… This is terrain that is familiar to readers of George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire.” Herbert’s scheming, backstabbing villain, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, would be perfectly at home among the Lannisters of Westeros.’ The New Yorker
‘One of the landmarks of modern science fiction . . . an amazing feat of creation. Analog
‘An astonishing science fiction phenomenon.’ Washington Post
‘One of the monuments of modern science fiction.’ Chicago Tribune






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