Brian Herbert | |
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Born | Brian Patrick Herbert June 29, 1947 Seattle, Washington, U.S.[1] |
Language | English |
Nationality | American |
Genre | Science fiction |
Notable works | Dune series |
Spouse |
Jan Herbert (m. 1967) |
Children | 3 |
Parents | Frank Herbert (father) |
Website | |
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Brian Patrick Herbert (born June 29, 1947) is an American author who lives in Washington state. He is the elder son of science fiction author Frank Herbert (who died in 1986).
Brian Herbert's novels include Sidney's Comet, Prisoners of Arionn, Man of Two Worlds (written with his father), and Sudanna Sudanna. In 2003, Herbert wrote a biography of his father titled Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. The younger Herbert has edited the Songs of Muad'dib and the Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune. Herbert has also created a concordance for the Dune universe based on his father's notes, though, according to the younger Herbert, there are no immediate plans to publish it.[2]
Herbert is known for his collaborations with author Kevin J. Anderson, with whom he has written multiple prequels (and some sequels) to his father's landmark 1965 science fiction novel, Dune, all of which have made the New York Times Best Seller list. The duo began with the trilogies Prelude to Dune (1999–2001) and Legends of Dune (2002–2004). Brian and Anderson next published Hunters of Dune (2006) and Sandworms of Dune (2007), two sequels to Frank Herbert's original Dune series, which was left incomplete at the end of Frank's sixth Dune novel, Chapterhouse: Dune. These novels are based on an outline and notes left behind by Frank Herbert after his 1986 death for what he referred to as Dune 7, his own planned seventh novel in the series.[3][4][5] In 2008, Brian and Anderson began publishing Heroes of Dune, a series of four novels which take place between the first five novels of Frank Herbert's six original Dune series, but only two were published. The inter prequels were set aside, first for the Great Schools of Dune trilogy (2012-2016), and later for the Caladan trilogy. Furthermore, Brian, along with Kevin, has also written the Dune short stories (2001-2017). Brian Herbert's Dune novels have received mixed reception in comparison to Frank Herbert's original novels.[6][7]
(all with Kevin J. Anderson)
with Kevin J. Anderson