Dreamer of Dune: the biography of Frank Herbert
(Book)
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Published:
New York : Tor, 2003.
Physical Desc:
pages cm
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 34
Status:
Bemis Biography
B HERBERT HERBERT
Description
Everyone knows Frank Herbert's Dune. This amazing and complex epic, combining politics, religion, human evolution, and ecology, has captured the imagination of generations of readers. One of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, it has become a worldwide phenomenon, winning awards, selling millions of copies around the world. In the prophetic year of 1984, Dune was made into a motion picture directed by David Lynch, and it has recently been produced as a three-part miniseries on the Sci-Fi Channel. Though he is best remembered for Dune, Frank Herbert was the author of more than twenty books at the time of his tragic death in 1986, including such classic novels as The Green Brain, The Santaroga Barrier, The White Plague, and Dosadi Experiment. Brian Herbert, Frank Herbert's eldest son, tells the provocative story of his father's extraordinary life in this honest and loving chronicle. He has also brought to light all the events in Herbert's life that would find their way into speculative fiction's greatest epic. From his early years in Tacoma, Washington, and his education at the University of Washington, Seattle, and in the Navy, through the years of trying his hand as a TV cameraman, radio commentator, reporter, and editor of several West Coast newspaper, to the difficult years of poverty while struggling to become a published writer, Herbert worked long and hard before finding success after the publication of Dune in 1965. Brian Herbert writes about these years with a truthful intensity that brings every facet of his father's brilliant-and sometimes troubled-genius to full light. Insightful and provocative, this absorbing biography offers Brian Herbert's unique personal perspective on one of the most enigmatic and creative talents of our time. "A fascinating picture of this furiously energetic, driven, determined, sometimes childlike genius." "An extraordinary portrait of the visionary behind the ecological SF classic Dune, its bestselling sequels, the David Lynch film, and many other works. Compulsively readable…the biography explores the evolution of a 'modern day Socrates.'" "Portrays a man with large faults and virtues…Hard-won appreciation pervades a book also distinguished by commentary on David Lynch's film Dune and Herbert's passage from struggling to world-renowned author."
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Format:
Book
Edition:
1st ed.
Street Date:
0303
Language:
English
ISBN:
0765306468
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 8.5, 34 Points
Level 8.5, 34 Points
Notes
General Note
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page) and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Herbert, B. (2003). Dreamer of Dune: the biography of Frank Herbert. New York, Tor.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Herbert, Brian. 2003. Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. New York, Tor.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Herbert, Brian, Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. New York, Tor, 2003.
MLA Citation (style guide)Herbert, Brian. Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. New York, Tor, 2003.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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