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Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and five sequels to it. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
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culture · American science-fiction author (1920–1986) · writer · novelist · photographer · journalist · science fiction writer · prose writer · also Frank Herbert, Frank Patrick Herbert, Franklin Patrick Herbert, Franklin Herbert, Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr., Jr. Frank Patrick Herbert
Born 8 October 1920 · Died 11 February 1986 · Q7934
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Awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2006).
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“Downwind sides of old dunes presented the first plantation areas. The Fremen aimed first for a cycle of poverty grass with peatlike hair cilia to intertwine, mat and fix the dunes by depriving the wind of its big weapon: movable grains.”
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Herbert's estate and WordFire Press have released four previously unpublished novels in e-book and paperback formats: High-Opp (2012), Angels' Fall (2013), A Game of Authors (2013), and A Thorn in the Bush (2014)
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Awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2006).
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Awarded Cosmos 2000 Award for Heretics of Dune (1986).
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Died 1986-02-11.
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“Sam Bóg w swej nieograniczonej łasce dał nam nieskończone wszechświaty, w których wszystko może się zdarzyć.”
“O início do conhecimento é a descoberta de qualquer coisa que não entendemos.”
After Beverly's death, Herbert married his former Putnam representative Theresa Shackleford
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“I look upon our involvement with the environment – and, by the way, all of man”
Met anthropologist Jim Funaro with whom he conceived the Contact Conference
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Awarded Prix Tour-Apollo Award for Hellstrom's Hive (1978).
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Again in 1987, and the best "before 1990" in 1998
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Awarded Seiun Award for Best Translated Long Work for Dune (1974).
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His wife Beverly underwent treatment for lung cancer
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And in 1973 he was director-photographer of the television show The Tillers
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Novel for Dune (1966).
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Awarded Nebula Award for Best Novel for Dune (1966).
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And sharing the Hugo Award in 1966, and is frequently considered one of the best science fiction novels ever, if not the best
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With the serial publication of Under Pressure in Astounding from November 1955; afterward it was issued as a book by Doubleday titled The Dragon in the Sea
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Issues of Astounding Science Fiction and Amazing Stories
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Herbert and his wife moved to California to work on the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
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Titled "Survival of the Cunning", and Stuart had sold a story to Modern Romance magazine
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Where he worked for the Oregon Statesman newspaper (now Statesman Journal) in a variety of positions, including photographer
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His parents and sister had moved to Los Angeles, California, so Frank followed them
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To live with Frank's favorite maternal aunt, Peggy "Violet" Rowntree, and her husband, Ken Rowntree Sr
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In Tacoma, Washington, to Franklin Patrick Herbert Sr
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Born 1920-10-08.
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To join Burley Colony in Kitsap County, one of many utopian communes springing up in Washington State beginning in the 1890s
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