This conflict is what sets up many of the mainstay organizations that, by the time the original novel takes place, have become core parts of the Dune world.įollowing that came The Great Schools of Dune, published between 20. The Butlerian Jihad, The Machine Crusade, and The Battle of Corrin outline a conflict 10,000 years prior to the original novel, setting up the origins of the culture, the Great Houses, all through the lens of a war between humanity and machines. Prior to his writing career, Kevin worked as a technical writer and editor at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of the nation’s largest research facilities.The first part of this published saga is Legends of Dune, a trilogy published between 20. Kevin is also the author of three X-Files novels, over 20 additional novels in collaboration with a variety of other authors and has been nominated for Nebula, Bram Stoker and Forum awards. His three original Star Wars anthologies remain the bestselling SF anthologies of all time. After his 10th novel he began to write a series of books for Lucasfilm, and his Star Wars/Jedi Trilogy became the three top selling science fiction novels of 1994. Anderson has over 11 million books in print worldwide, published in over 22 languages. He earned a BA in sociology from UC/ Berkeley and worked at a variety of professions before becoming a writer at age 30. Herbert and Anderson will be here to discuss their collaboration on these books and their final grand climax to the Dune Chronicles, Sandworms of Dune, where key figures from the Dune saga continue to fight for the survival of the human species.īrian Herbert is the author of 12 non fiction books and the Prelude to Dune Series, the Legends of Dune Series, plus two additional novels of Dune. Anderson, completed the saga with two trilogies and most recently Hunters of Dune.

Following his death his son Brian Herbert compiled a massive Dune concordance and then, with writer Kevin J. When Frank Herbert died in 1986 he left behind the outlines for the continuation of the Dune saga, though they were hidden in two safe deposit boxes for over a decade. The first book, Dune, won both the Nebula and Hugo awards and is still the world’s bestselling science fiction novel. Frank Herbert wrote over 30 bestselling books during his lifetime, including the now classic six novels set in the Dune universe.

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