![]() ![]() ![]() He was influenced by many different ideas, such as Alfred Korzybski's General Semantics which shows how language shapes thought along with Sociobiology which explores how our instincts influence our behaviour. In won the Nebula Award in 1965 and shared the Hugo Award in 1966 with the Roger Zelazny novel ".And Call me Conrad".įrank Herbert used many of the science fiction stories he wrote to explore complicated ideas involving philosophy, religion, psychology, politics and ecology. Dune took 6 years to research and write and was rejected by almost 20 publishers before being accepted by minor publishing house Chilton. ![]() He ended up with far more material than needed and became inspired to write a science fiction novel. The Dune series was originally conceived when Frank Herbert was researching a magazine article on sand dunes. Critically acclaimed and hugely successful, Frank Herbert is best known for his series of Dune novels which have become successful computer games, Films and TV mini-series. Frank Herbert (Frank Patrick Herbert, Jr) was an American author of science fiction. ![]()
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