Frank Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. 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.
He is best known for the novel Dune and its five sequels. The Dune saga, set in the distant future and taking place over millennia, dealt with themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, and power, and is widely considered to be among the classics in the field of science fiction.
I tried to read Dune a couple of years ago and got about 1/3 through before sitting it aside. It’s long and the copy my daughter has has small print. But the new movie’s coming out later this year and one of our friends picked up the re-issued board game, …
