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Frank Herbert


USA flag (1920 - 1986)
Father of Brian Herbert

Frank Herbert 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' that were amalgamated in the novel Dune in 1965.
 

Genres: Science Fiction
 
Series
Dune
   1. Dune (1965)
   2. Dune Messiah (1969)
   3. Children of Dune (1976)
   4. God Emperor of Dune (1981)
   5. Heretics of Dune (1984)
   6. Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)
continued in the series by Kevin J Anderson
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Pandora Sequence
   Destination: Void (1966)
   1. The Jesus Incident (1979) (with Bill Ransom)
   2. The Lazarus Effect (1983) (with Bill Ransom)
   3. The Ascension Factor (1988) (with Bill Ransom)
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Dune Collections
   Songs of Muad'dib (1992) (with Brian Herbert)
   The Road to Dune (2005) (with Kevin J Anderson and Brian Herbert)
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Novels
   The Dragon in the Sea (1956)
     aka Under Pressure / 21st Century Sub
   The Eyes of Heisenberg (1966)
   The Green Brain (1966)
   The Santaroga Barrier (1967)
   The Heaven Makers (1968)
   Whipping Star (1970)
   The Godmakers (1972)
   Soul Catcher (1973)
   Hellstrom's Hive (1973)
   The Dosadi Experiment (1977)
   Direct Descent (1980)
   The White Plague (1982)
   Man of Two Worlds (1986) (with Brian Herbert)
   High-Opp (2012)
   Angels' Fall (2013)
   A Game of Authors (2013)
   A Thorn in the Bush (2014)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Operation Haystack (1959)
   Try To Remember (2009)
   Missing Link (2011)
   Old Rambling House (2011)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Frank Herbert recommends
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The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
(Hainish Cycle, book 4)
Ursula K Le Guin
"A jewel of a story."

Anthologies containing stories by Frank Herbert
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Sense of Wonder (2023)
A Century of Science Fiction
edited by
Leigh Ronald Grossman
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Lieu (2015)
Science Fiction Short Stories
edited by
Lafcadio Adams

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Awards
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1964) : Dune
Hugo Best Novel winner (1966) : Dune
Nebula Awards Best Novel winner (1966) : Dune
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1977) : Children of Dune


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