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8 October 1920 | | Death Date: |
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 Biography of Frank Herbert
6495 words, approx. 21.7 pages
 Born in Tacoma, Washington, Frank Patrick Herbert is best known as the author of the Dune series. He attended the University of Washington in Seattle (1946-1947), where he later lectured (1970-1972), and worked for many years as a journalist for West Coa... summary from source:
 Biography of Frank Herbert
5364 words, approx. 17.9 pages
Paul Atreides, the young renegade Duke, and his mother, Jessica, were fleeing across the desert when they got their first good look at a maker. "Where the dunes began ... a silver-gray curve broached from the desert, sending rivers of sand and dust casca... summary from source:
 Biography of Frank (Patrick) Herbert
3818 words, approx. 12.7 pages
Born in Tacoma, Washington, Frank Herbert is best known as the author of the Dune series. He worked for many years as a journalist for West Coast newspapers from San Francisco to Seattle and at a wide range of other jobs, of which his experiences in the...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Dune Summary
3,731 words, approx. 12 pagesDune by Frank Herbert The first novel in a series of five, Dune introduces its readers to the Atreides family and the world of Arrakis. Frank Herbert creates in the Dune novels not merely a fictional setting but an entire world, complete with its own... summary from source:
 Dune Information
5,549 words, approx. 19 pages
 <i>Dune</i> is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. A joint winner of the 1966 Hugo Award and the winner of the first Nebula Award for Best Novel, Dune is popularly considered one of the greatest science fiction novels...
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 AP News Nev. dunes restricted to help butterfly
3/23/2007: 570 words, approx. 2 pagesFederal land managers trying to keep a rare butterfly off the list of endangered species have closed dozens of off-road vehicle trails at one of the largest sand dunes in the West.The closure affects about six square miles at Sand Mountain Recreation Area in western... summary from source:
AP News Creeping dunes threaten African nation
4/6/2007: 910 words, approx. 3 pagesOn nights when the wind hisses across the dunes, the old man sits on his straw mat, draws a blanket around his shoulders and counts his money.In the morning, Sidahmed Ould Magaya, 75, will be trapped inside his concrete one-room house, the wooden door sealed...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by C. N. Manlove
8,179 words, approx. 27 pages
Manlove is a Scottish educator and critic who has authored several books on science fiction and fantasy. In the following excerpt, he compares Dune to Brian Aldiss's Hothouse (1962) and Isaac Asimov's Foundation trilogy (1951–53), arguing that the principal medium of Dune is the mind since "the whole of the novel … is bent on finding things out."
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Critical Essay by David M. Miller
4,821 words, approx. 16 pages
Miller is an American educator and critic. In the following excerpt from his study of Herbert that was originally published in 1980, Miller examines Dune's complex structure, its literary devices, and its characters and themes.
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Critical Essay by Juan A. Prieto-Pablos
4,537 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following excerpt, Prieto-Pablos examines the development of the ambivalent hero in Herbert's Dune, contending that it is a reflection of contemporary American culture.
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