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[ The Road to DUNE ] [ The Legends of DUNE Series ] [ Faces of a Martyr ] [ Dreamer of DUNE ] [ Whipping Mek ]
 BRIAN
HERBERT DREAMER OF
DUNE:
for Herbert fans (both senior and junior)." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review "Arguably the most popular twentieth-century science fiction novel, Frank Herbert's Dune (1965) integrated social, ecological, and religious commentary into a new kind of world-building that captivated SF readers much as Lord of the Rings enthralled fantasy fans. Brian Herbert's heartfelt biography of his father portrays a man with large faults and virtues . . . Hard-won appreciation pervades a book also distinguished by commentary on David Lynch's film Dune and Herbert's passage from struggling to world-renowned author." —Booklist "A fascinating picture of this furiously energetic,
driven, determined, sometimes childlike genius."
DREAMER OF DUNE: The Biography of Frank Herbert (Tor Books; $27.95; April 19, 2003) by Frank's eldest son Brian Herbert, is a truthful and loving tribute to an extraordinary literary life. Frank Herbert was one of the most enigmatic and talented science fiction authors of our time. From his early years in Tacoma, WA, his education at the University of Washington, Seattle, his time in the Navy—through the years of trying his hand as a TV cameraman, radio commentator, reporter, and editor of several West Coast newspapers—to the difficult years of poverty while struggling to become a published writer, Frank Herbert worked long and hard before finding success. Frank Herbert's bestselling Dune epic (the first book was published in 1965), a sprawling chronicle combining politics, religion, human evolution, and ecology, captured the imagination of generations of readers and became a worldwide phenomenon, winning numerous awards and selling millions of copies. Dune was made into a motion picture directed by David Lynch (1984) and was produced as a three-part miniseries on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2000 called Frank Herbert's Dune. On March 16th, 2003, the Sci-Fi Channel premiered a brand new Dune mini-series entitled Children of Dune starring Susan Sarandon. Although best known for Dune, Frank Herbert was the author of more than twenty other books at the time of his tragic death in 1986, including The Green Brain, The Santaroga Barrier, The White Plague, and The Dosadi Experiment. Brian Herbert describes the process of writing his father's story as
analogous to the classic story of Telemachus seeking to find his father
Odysseus. "My attempt to understand him became an odyssey that
went on not only during his lifetime but afterward. It continues to
this day, as I learn new things about him each time I read one of his
stories, and each time I speak with someone who knew him and saw a different
aspect of him than I did." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: A prolific science fiction writer in his own right, Brian Herbert is the author of such novels as Sidney's Comet; Prisoners of Arionn; Sudanna, Sudanna; The Race for God; Man of Two Worlds (written with his father); and a trilogy of Dune prequels written with bestselling writer Kevin J. Anderson. In September 2002, Brian and Kevin published Dune: the Butlerian Jihad (Tor Books), the first book in a brand-new trilogy of prequels, which debuted at #9 on the New York Times list, #4 on the Wall Street Journal list, #7 on Publishers Weekly's list, and #29 on the USA Today list. In addition, Brian Herbert has edited The Songs of Muad'Dib, The Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune, and has created The Dune Concordance. Tor Books will publish Herbert and Anderson's next Dune novel, Dune: The Machine Crusade, on September 16, 2003. Brian Herbert and his wife Jan live on Bainbridge Island, WA. For more information about Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, visit http://www.dunenovels.com/ and http://www.wordfire.com.
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