Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 - February 11, 1986) was an American science fiction author.
He was born in Tacoma, Washington, and was proud of his Welsh ancestry.
Herbert is best known for the Dune series of novels which deal with themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, the intersection of religion and politics, and power. The film of the novel Dune, made by David Lynch, while severely flawed, remains a classic of the genre. Dune was made into a 260-minute TV mini-series by the Sci-Fi Channel in 2001. The Sci-Fi Channel then made a mini-series in 2003 entitled Children of Dune, though it was based on both the (weaker) second novel, Dune Messiah, and the third novel, Children of Dune.
A large number of Herbert's works feature mind-altering chemicals, such as the Spice in Dune.
He died in Madison, Wisconsin, of pancreatic cancer, leaving behind notes for both the history of the Dune universe before the events of Dune and the novel he had planned to follow Chapterhouse: Dune.
In recent years, his son Brian Herbert and an associate, Kevin J. Anderson, have used those notes to write a very successful series of novels based on the pre-Dune materials, and are preparing to write the post-Chapterhouse novel soon.
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