Frank Herbert
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born
October 08, 1920
died
February 11, 1986
gender
male
place of birth
Tacoma, Washington, The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author.
He is best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. The Dune saga, set in the distant future and taking place over millennia, dealt with themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, and power, and is widely considered to be among the classics in the field of science fiction.
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Dune (Dune 1) by Frank Herbert avg rating 4.01 — 41,959 ratings — published 1965 88 editions |
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Dune Messiah (Dune 2) by Frank Herbert avg rating 3.68 — 8,638 ratings — published 1969 57 editions |
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Children of Dune (Dune 3) by Frank Herbert avg rating 3.71 — 8,224 ratings — published 1976 42 editions |
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God Emperor of Dune (Dune 4) by Frank Herbert avg rating 3.61 — 5,227 ratings — published 1981 37 editions |
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Heretics of Dune (Dune 5) by Frank Herbert avg rating 3.63 — 4,329 ratings — published 1984 37 editions |
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Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune 6) by Frank Herbert avg rating 3.69 — 4,203 ratings — published 1965 34 editions |
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The Dosadi Experiment by Frank Herbert avg rating 3.67 — 659 ratings — published 1977 20 editions |
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The White Plague by Frank Herbert avg rating 3.66 — 641 ratings — published 1982 14 editions |
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The Jesus Incident by Frank Herbert, Bill Ransom avg rating 3.54 — 615 ratings — published 1978 19 editions |
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The Lazarus Effect by Frank Herbert avg rating 3.53 — 530 ratings — published 1983 10 editions |
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"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn to the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
— Frank Herbert (Dune)
— Frank Herbert (Dune)
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"Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible."
— Frank Herbert
— Frank Herbert
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"There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story."
— Frank Herbert
— Frank Herbert
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