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Frank Herbert


Born
in Tacoma, Washington, The United States
October 08, 1920

Died
February 11, 1986

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Genre
Science Fiction & Fantasy


Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire seri ...more

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Dune (Dune #1)
4.27 avg rating — 1,367,822 ratings — published 1965 — 501 editions
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Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
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Children of Dune (Dune #3)
3.96 avg rating — 190,152 ratings — published 1976 — 236 editions
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God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
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The Great Dune Trilogy
4.37 avg rating — 61,336 ratings — published 1979 — 47 editions
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Chapterhouse: Dune (Dune #6)
3.90 avg rating — 68,066 ratings — published 1985 — 170 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 the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune
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“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”
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“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.”
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2016 1st Quarter Long Read

1872, Middlemarch by George Eliot, 904 pages
 
  25 votes, 17.6%

 
  18 votes, 12.7%

1853, Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1017 pages
 
  16 votes, 11.3%

1869, The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 667 pages
 
  15 votes, 10.6%

1965, Dune by Frank Herbert, 604 pages
 
  15 votes, 10.6%

1870, Demons by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 733 pages
 
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  6 votes, 4.2%

1982, North and South by John Jakes, 812 pages
 
  6 votes, 4.2%

 
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1928, Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford, 836 pages
 
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  4 votes, 2.8%

1985, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, 945 pages
 
  3 votes, 2.1%

1836, Sketches by Boz by Charles Dickens, 688 pages
 
  3 votes, 2.1%

1987, The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher, 656 pages
 
  2 votes, 1.4%

1983, Helliconia by Brian W. Aldiss, 1305 pages
 
  2 votes, 1.4%

1980, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, 912 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

1948, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, 740 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

1863, Romola by George Eliot, 688 pages
 
  1 vote, 0.7%

 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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