Post by Avacyn on Jan 11, 2015 17:54:07 GMT
Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction writer best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for science fiction, he was also a newspaper journalist, photographer, short story writer, book reviewer, ecological consultant and lecturer.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future and taking place over millennia, deals with complex themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics and power. Dune itself is the "best-selling science fiction novel of all time"[1] and the series is widely considered to be amongst the classics of the genre.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future and taking place over millennia, deals with complex themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics and power. Dune itself is the "best-selling science fiction novel of all time"[1] and the series is widely considered to be amongst the classics of the genre.
Frank Herbert has had an undeniable impact upon SF literature. He started reading books in the subject a whole ten years before he started writing SF himself. He will be most famous for the Dune books, set largely upon a desert world called Arakis, nicknamed "Dune." There were political intruigues, plots, betrayals, and manipulations of prophecies and predictions to suit the circumstances of certain characters.
While Frank Herbert's Dune
upon the surface seems to follow the monomyth, his real intent was, in fact, to
subvert it and take a critical view; as he had said in 1979: "The
bottom line of the Dune trilogy is: beware of heroes. Much better to rely on your own judgement, and your own mistakes."
He wrote in 1985, "Dune
was aimed at this whole idea of the infallible leader because my view
of history says that mistakes made by a leader (or made in a leader's
name) are amplified by the numbers who follow without question."
This is a thread to discuss Frank Herbert, his writing and ideas.
