title: The Maker of Dune: Insights of a Master of Science Fiction
author:  Frank Herbert 
description: Herbert, who died a year ago, wrote two collections of short stories and 22 novels, including the immensely popular, six-part Dune series. However, his short nonfiction essaysculled from newspaper features, correspondence, interviews, introductions to science-fiction anthologies and record-liner noteshave remained uncollected until now. Stimulating, cogent and thought-provoking, these pieces cover much of the same ground as Herbert's fictiondemonstrating his interest in ecology, the future, religion and the consequences of scienceand thus provide clues, as O'Reilly notes, to "the myriad threads that make up the cloth on which Frank's stories are so lavishly embroidered." One section is devoted to "The Origins of Dune," and the book includes a complete Herbert bibliography. <br />Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  DUNE
  
  
  HOUSE ATREIDES
  
  
  Brian Herbert and
  
  
  Kevin J. Anderson
  
  
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  BANTAM BOOKS
  
  
  NEW YORK • TORONTO • LONDON
  
  
  SYDNEY • AUCKLAND
  
  
    
    
  
  
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  This book is for our mentor, Frank Herbert,
  
  
  who was every bit as fascinating and complex as
  
  
  the marvelous Dune universe he created.
  
  
    
    
  
  
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  Ed Kramer, for being the bridge that brought us together in the first place.
  
  
  Rebecca Moesta Anderson, for her unflagging imagination, brainstorming, and
  plain hard work to make this novel the best it could be.
  
  
  Jan Herbert, for allowing the creation of this project to continue during a
  wedding-anniversary trip to Europe, and for so much more.
  
  
  Pat LoBrutto, our editor at Bantam Books, for helping us achieve the best
  possible focus and clarity in this book.
  
  
  Robert Gottlieb and Matt Bialer of the William Morris Agency, Mary Alice Kier
  and Anna Cottle of Cine/Lit Representation, for their faith and dedication,
  seeing the