Its primary impact, however, lay in its treatment of Ecology, a theme which it brought into the forefront of modern sf readers' and writers' awareness. It encompasses intergalactic Politics of a decidedly feudal nature, the development of Psi Powers, Religion – specifically the reluctant but inevitable evolution of its protagonist into a Messiah – and Future War. It was followed by 'The Prophet of Dune' (January-May 1965 Analog) the two were amalgamated into Dune (rev as fixup 1965), which won the first Nebula for Best Novel, shared the Hugo, and became one of the most famous of all sf novels.ĭune is a novel of extraordinary complexity.

His emergence as a writer of major stature commenced with the publication in Analog from December 1963 to February 1964 of 'Dune World', the first part of his Dune series.

At this time he also wrote one novel, The Dragon in the Sea (November 1955-January 1956 Astounding as 'Under Pressure' 1956 vt 21st Century Sub 1956 vt Under Pressure 1974), a much praised sf thriller concerning complex psychological investigations aboard a submarine of the Near Future whose Cold War mission is to steal oil from America's foes. He began publishing sf with 'Looking for Something?' for Startling Stories in April 1952, and during the next decade was an infrequent contributor to the sf magazines, producing fewer than twenty short stories (which nevertheless constituted a majority of his short fiction he never made a significant impact with work below novel length) much of this material was assembled in various collections, including The Book of Frank Herbert (coll 1973) and The Best of Frank Herbert (coll 1975). Herbert worked as a reporter and editor on a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer.

(1920-1986) US author born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle he was Brian Herbert's father.

The Illustrated Dune by Frank Herbert