Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert

One of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, it has become a worldwide phenomenon, winning awards and selling millions of copies. In 1984, Dune was made into a motion picture directed by David Lynch, and it has recently been produced as a three-part miniseries on the Sci-Fi Channel. Though he is best known for Dune, Frank Herbert was the author of more than twenty books at the time of his tragic death in 1986. Brian Herbert, Frank's eldest son, tells the provocative story of his father's extraordinary life in this honest and loving chronicle. He has also brought to light all the events in Frank's life that would find their way into speculative fiction's greatest epic. From his early years in Tacoma, Washington, and his education in the navy and at the University of Washington, Seattle, through the difficult years of trying his hand as a TV cameraman, radio commentator, reporter, and editor of several West Coast newspapers, Frank Herbert worked long and hard before finding success after the publication of Dune in 1965. Brian Herbert writes about his father's life with a truthful intensity that brings every facet of the man's brilliant, and sometimes troubled, genius to full light. Insightful and provocative, containing family photos never published anywhere, this absorbing biography offers Brian Herbert's unique personal perspective on one of the most enigmatic and creative talents of our time.

Author(s): Brian Herbert  

ISBN 10: 0765306476
ISBN 13: 9780765306470
Pages: 592