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Frank Herbert

USA  (1920 - 1986)
(Father of Brian Herbert)
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About Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington and worked as a reporter and later editor of a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first sf story was published in 1952 but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication in Analog of 'Dune World' and 'The Prophet of Dune' that were amalgamated in the novel Dune in 1965.
 
Series contributed to
DuneDune MessiahChildren of DuneGod Emperor of Dune
Heretics of DuneChapterhouse: DuneThe Great Dune TrilogyThe Second Great Dune Trilogy
The Dune CollectionSongs of Muad'dibThe Road to DuneThe Dune eBook Collection
 
Nebula Winners 15
 
Non fiction
New World or No WorldThreshold: The Blue Angels ExperienceThe Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune
 
Anthologies containing stories by Frank Herbert
17 x InfinityOn Our Way to the FutureThe Road to Science Fiction 4: From Here to ForeverElection Day 2084: Science Fiction Stories About the Future of Politics
Cyber-KillersThe Science Fiction Century
 
Short stories
Looking for Something? (1952)
The Gone Dogs (1954)
Nightmare Blues (1954)
Operation Syndrome (1954)
Occupation Force (1955)
Rat Race (1955)
Dragon in the Sea (excerpt) (1956)
Cease Fire (1958)
A Matter of Traces (1958)
Old Rambling House (1958)
Egg and Ashes (1960)
Marie Celeste Move (1960)
The Priests of Psi [short story] (1960)
A-W-F, Unlimited (1961)
Mating Call (1961)
Try to Remember! (1961)
Mindfield (1962)
The Tactful Saboteur (1964)
Committee of the Whole (1965)
Dune (excerpt) (1965)
The GM Effect (1965)
Greenslaves (1965)
By the Book (1966)
Escape Felicity (1966)
The Primitives (1966)
The Featherbedders (1967)
The Heaven Makers [short story] (1967)
The Being Machine (1969)
Murder Will In (1970)
Seed Stock (1970)
Death of a City (1973)
Encounter in a Lonely Place (1973)
Gambling Device (1973)
The Nothing (1973)
Passage for Piano (1973)
Frogs and Scientists (1979)


Awards
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1964) : Dune
Hugo Best Novel winner (1966) : Dune
Nebula Best Novel winner (1966) : Dune
Hugo Best Novel nominee (1977) : Children of Dune


Books about Frank Herbert
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert
 
Links to other websites
frankherbert.net


Frank Herbert recommends
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969)
(Hainish)
Ursula K Le Guin
"A jewel of a story."



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