Frank Herbert
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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, photog
Herbert in 1984
Herbert's novella The Priests of Psi was the cover story for the February 1960 issue of Fantastic.
The Oregon Dunes near Florence, Oregon, served as an inspiration for the Dune saga.
The Dune Peninsula at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma, Washington, with the volcano Mount Rainier in the distance
Dune (franchise)
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Dune is an American science fiction media franchise that originated with the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert and has continued to add new publications. Dune is frequently described as the best-sellin
Frank Herbert
…an advertising writer for department stores, becoming their breadwinner during the 1960s. The novel Dune was published in 1965, which spearheaded the Dune franchise. He later told Willis E. McNelly that the novel originated when he was assigned to write a magazine article about sand dunes in the Oregon Dunes near…
Cover of the collectible card game Dune (1997)
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