There Is Grand Romance In The Lord

I Wanted The Feel In These Books To Be Like An Epic Fantasy, With Kings, Queens, Dukes And Court Politics, But Of Course Like What I Was Explaining Before, About Making The Science Make Sense, You Have To Make The Politics Make Sense, Too.

If I Could Go Back In Time And Tell My Younger Self That Eventually That I'd Become Very Successful Writing Dune Books After Frank Herbert's Death, I Would Have Laughed Myself Silly, I Think, At How Strange That Prospect Would Be.

Dune Is The Bestselling Science Fiction Book Of All Time. It's Something You Really Need To Read In Your Lifetime. If You're Going To Read The Lord Of The Rings, Which Everyone Should, Then You Have To Read Dune, Too.

I Always Had This Non-stop Drive. I Had To Keep Sending Stories Out And Every Once In Awhile I'd Get Something Accepted Or Get The Little Trickle Of Positive Feedback.

I Had A Minor In Russian History, And This Was At The Time When The Big Cold War Was Going On.