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 Corrino
  
  
  Brian Herbert
  
  
  Kevin J. Anderson
  
  
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  To our wives,
  
  
  JANET HERBERT
  
  
  and
  
  
  REBECCA MOESTA ANDERSON
  
  
  for their support, excitement, patience, and love during every step of this
  long and complicated project
  
  
  # ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  Penny Merritt assists in managing the literary legacy of her father, Frank
  Herbert.
  
  
  Our editors, Mike Shohl, Carolyn Caughey, Pat LoBrutto, and Anne Lesley
  Groell, offered detailed and invaluable suggestions through many drafts to
  fine-tune this story into its final version.
  
  
  As always, Catherine Sidor at WordFire, Inc., worked tirelessly to transcribe
  dozens of microcassettes and type many hundreds of pages to keep up with our
  manic work pace. Her assistance in all steps of this project has helped to
  keep us sane, and she even fooled other people into thinking we’re organized.
  
  
  Diane E. Jones served as test reader and