The maker of Dune
insights of a master of science fiction
by Frank Herbert · first published 1987
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"The Maker of Dune" adds a lot of personal insight to his work. https://www.amazon.com/Maker-Dune-Insights-Science-Fiction/d... I used to have a copy but sold it at some point. Apparently it's hard to find now, given the…
on “The Butlerian Jihad” ↗I highly recommend "The Maker of Dune", if you can find a copy of the book somewhere. https://www.amazon.com/Maker-Dune-Insights-Science-Fiction/d...
on “Frank Herbert on the origins of Dune (1965) [video]” ↗If you can find a copy, "The Maker of Dune" gives some nice insights into Herbert's thinking. The book looks to be pretty hard to find now, though. I used to have a copy, but I must have sold it at some point when I was poorer. [Edit:] The internet…
on “Why Tolkien Hated Dune” ↗According to Frank Herbert in "Maker of Dune", The plot line of Star Wars is based on Dune. Apparently they considered suing, but decided not to.
on “How Star Wars Borrowed from Akira Kurosawa’s Great Samurai Films” ↗Tim O'Reilly actually wrote a biography of Frank Herbert that people might find interesting: https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/ Edit: I see Tim O'Reilly was the editor of the "Maker of Dune" book mentioned here also.
on “The Butlerian Jihad” ↗