
Dreamer of Dune
The Biography of Frank Herbert
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Narrated by:
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Scott Brick
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Brian Herbert
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.
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Dreamer of Dune
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it's more of a memoir than an autobiography, but still it contains loads of interesting information on influences and inspirations for most of Herbert's work, DUNE and most other books
must read for all Herbert enjoyers
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Dreamer of Dune
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A deeply moving real-life story
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Scott Brick's performance was stellar as always.
very insightful
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It was so insightful yet heart breaking. It took some self control not to tear up hearing about the pain of losing Bev. I was not expecting to be so emotionally moved.
It’s amazing how much Brian was able to recount. He kept a journal which made it very specific. The only thing I wasn’t a fan of was it felt a bit repetitive towards the later half. Brian made it a lot about himself, which is okay because he is part of the story. However it felt like a little bit too much about Brian at some points and probably could have gone without some details.
Overall it was a great listen. Will definitely buy the book to have in my collection.
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