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Brian Herbert

Brian Patrick Herbert(born June 29, 1947) is an American author, known for his work on theDunefranchise,which was created by his father,Frank Herbert.

Brian Herbert
Herbert at a book signing in 2008
Herbert at a book signing in 2008
BornBrian Patrick Herbert
(1947-06-29)June 29, 1947(age 77)
Seattle,Washington, U.S.[1]
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
Notable worksDuneseries
Spouse
Jan Herbert
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(m.1967)​
Children3
ParentsFrank Herbert(father)
Website
www.brianherbertnovels

Brian Herbert's novels includeSidney's Comet,Prisoners of Arionn,Man of Two Worlds(written with his father), andSudanna Sudanna.In 2003, Herbert wrote a biography of his father titledDreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert.The younger Herbert has edited theSongs of Muad'diband theNotebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune.Herbert created aconcordancefor theDuneuniversebased on his father's notes, though, according to the younger Herbert, there are no immediate plans to publish it.[2]He has written several comic books with Kevin J. Anderson based onDunenovels and short stories.

Career

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Herbert is known for his collaborations with authorKevin J. Anderson,with whom he has written multiple prequels (and some sequels) to his father's landmark 1965 science fiction novel,Dune,all of which have madeThe New York TimesBest Seller list.The duo began with the prequeltrilogiesPrelude to Dune(1999–2001) andLegends of Dune(2002–2004). Herbert and Anderson next publishedHunters of Dune(2006) andSandworms of Dune(2007), two sequels toFrank Herbert's originalDuneseries, which was left incomplete at the end of Frank's sixthDunenovel,Chapterhouse: Dune.These novels are based on an outline and notes left behind by Frank Herbert after his 1986 death for what he referred to asDune 7,his own planned seventh novel in the series.[3][4][5]In 2008, Herbert and Anderson began publishingHeroes of Dune(2008–2023), a series of four novels which take place between the first five novels of Frank Herbert's six originalDuneseries, but only two were published initially. The others were set aside, first for theGreat Schools of Dunetrilogy (2012–2016), and later for theCaladantrilogy (2020–2022). However, in 2023, Herbert resumed theHeroes of Duneseries by publishingPrincess of Dune(2023). Herbert and Anderson have also written numerousDuneshort stories(2001–2017).

Works

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Individual

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  • Classic Comebacks(1981)
  • Incredible Insurance Claims(1982)
  • Sidney's Comet(1983)
  • The Garbage Chronicles(1985)
  • Man of Two Worlds(1986) (with Frank Herbert)
  • Sudanna, Sudanna(1986)
  • Prisoners of Arionn(1987)
  • The Race for God(1990)
  • Memorymakers(1991) (with Marie Landis)
  • Blood on the Sun(1996) (with Marie Landis)
  • The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma(2014)

Timeweb series

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  • Timeweb(2006)
  • The Web and the Stars(2007)
  • Webdancers(2008)

Non-fiction

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  • Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert(2003)
  • The Forgotten Heroes: The Heroic Story of the United States Merchant Marine(2004)ISBN0-7653-0706-5

Dunebooks

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(all withKevin J. Anderson)

Prelude to Dunetrilogy

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Legends of Dune

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Collection

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Dune 7

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Heroes of Dune

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Great Schools of Dune

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The Caladan Trilogy

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Duneshort stories

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Hellholeseries

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withKevin J. Anderson

References

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  1. ^The Writer's Almanac,American Public Media, June 29, 2002,retrievedJanuary 10,2011
  2. ^[1]ArchivedJuly 9, 2006, at theWayback Machine
  3. ^Liptak, Andrew (September 13, 2016)."The authors ofNavigators of Duneon building an epic, lasting world ".The Verge.Archivedfrom the original on July 24, 2019.RetrievedJuly 24,2019.

    Quinn, Judy (November 17, 1997)."Bantam Pays $3M forDunePrequels by Herbert's Son ".Publishers Weekly.Archivedfrom the original on March 4, 2016.RetrievedFebruary 6,2014.The new prequels... will be based on notes and outlines Frank Herbert left at his death in 1986.

    Anderson, Kevin J. (December 16, 2005)."Dune 7blog: Conspiracy Theories ".Archived fromthe originalon October 12, 2007.RetrievedOctober 12,2008– via DuneNovels.Frank Herbert wrote a detailed outline forDune 7and he left extensiveDune 7notes, as well as stored boxes of his descriptions, epigraphs, chapters, character backgrounds, historical notes—over a thousand pages worth.

  4. ^Neuman, Clayton (August 17, 2009)."Winds of DuneAuthor Brian Herbert on Flipping the Myth of Jihad ".AMC.Archivedfrom the original on September 21, 2009.RetrievedJune 16,2020.I got a call from an estate attorney who asked me what I wanted to do with two safety deposit boxes of my dad's... in them were the notes toDune 7—it was a 30-page outline. So I went up in my attic and found another 1,000 pages of working notes.

    "BeforeDune,After Frank Herbert ".Amazon.2004. Archived fromthe originalon April 9, 2009.RetrievedNovember 12,2008.Brian was cleaning out his garage to make an office space and he found all these boxes that had'DuneNotes' on the side. And we used a lot of them for ourHousebooks.

    "Interview with Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson".Arrakis.ru. 2004. Archived fromthe originalon September 8, 2012.RetrievedNovember 12,2008.We had already started work onHouse Atreides... After we already had our general outline written and the proposal sent to publishers, then we found the outlines and notes. (This necessitated some changes, of course.)

  5. ^Ascher, Ian (2004)."Kevin J. Anderson Interview".DigitalWebbing. Archived fromthe originalon July 3, 2007.RetrievedJuly 3,2007.... we are ready to tackle the next major challenge—writing the grand climax of the saga that Frank Herbert left in his original notes sealed in a safe deposit box... after we'd already decided what we wanted to write... They opened up the safe deposit box and found inside the full and complete outline forDune 7... Later, when Brian was cleaning out his garage, in the back he found... over three thousand pages of Frank Herbert's other notes, background material, and character sketches.

    Adams, John Joseph (August 9, 2006)."NewDuneBooks Resume Story ".SciFi. Archived fromthe originalon December 19, 2007.RetrievedDecember 19,2007.Anderson said that Frank Herbert's notes included a description of the story and a great deal of character background information. 'But having a roadmap of the U.S. and actually driving across the country are two different things,' he said. 'Brian and I had a lot to work with and a lot to expand...'

    Snider, John C. (August 2007)."Audiobook Review:Hunters of Duneby Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson ".SciFiDimensions. Archived fromthe originalon March 24, 2008.RetrievedFebruary 15,2009.the co-authors have expanded on Herbert's brief outline

  6. ^abAnderson, Kevin J.(February 28, 2009)."Duneblog ".DuneNovels. Archived fromthe originalon March 7, 2009.RetrievedMarch 5,2009.
  7. ^Anderson, Kevin J.(April 14, 2008)."Duneblog ".DuneNovels. Archived fromthe originalon February 21, 2009.RetrievedMarch 5,2009.
  8. ^"Dune: The Duke of Caladan(The Caladan TrilogyVolume 1) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson ".US Macmillan.RetrievedJune 11,2020.
  9. ^Herbert, Brian; Anderson, Kevin J. (October 13, 2020).Dune: The Duke of Caladan(The Caladan Trilogy1) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.ISBN978-1250764744.
  10. ^ab"The Caladan Trilogy".US Macmillan.RetrievedOctober 6,2020.
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