Author of Dune: Frank Herbert's extraordinary life

The extraordinary story of Frank Herbert and Dune.
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Main sources/references:
“Dreamer of Dune” by Brian Herbert (2003)
“Frank Herbert” by Tim O’Reilly (1981): https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/i...
“The Maker of Dune” by Frank Herbert ed. Tim O'Reilly (1987)

Additional sources:
1969 Willis E. McNelly interview:    • Frank Herbert on the origins of Dune ...   http://www.sinanvural.com/seksek/inie...
1971 Friends 23 interview: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/co...
1976 Daniel DePrez interview
1977 Caedmon recording “The Banquet Scene”
1977 Peter Sean MacKenzie interview
1977-08-19 The Daily News interview
1977 WTTW PBS interview: https://www.pbs.org/video/archive-dun...
1979 Future Life interview
1980 “Dream Makers” by Charles Platt
1980-07 “Dune Genesis” by Frank Herbert (Omni)
1981 The Environmentalist interview
1981 Mother Earth News interview: https://www.motherearthnews.com/natur...
1982 Bryant Gumbel NBC Today interview    • Frank Herbert - NBC Interview  
1984 Jean Marie Stine interview Part 1: https://futurespast-editions.blogspot...
1984 Jean Marie Stine interview Part 2: https://futurespast-editions.blogspot...
1984-10 Psychology Today interview (Vol 18, Issue 10)
1985 “Eye” by Frank Herbert
1985 Knave interview
1985-01 Mile High Futures interview
1985-10 Stardate interview
1988 “Frank Herbert” by William Touponce
2000 January Magazine interview of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson: https://januarymagazine.com/profiles/...
2005 “The Road to Dune” by Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
2013 “Jodorowsky's Dune”
2024-12-14 “Ridley Scott’s Lost Dune Script Found”, IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/ridley-s...

Many of the old interviews were posted online by The Augustry: https://theaugustry.com/frank-herbert...
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Frank Herbert’s six Dune books: Dune (1965), Dune Messiah (1969), Children of Dune (1976), God Emperor of Dune (1981), Heretics of Dune (1984), Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)

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0:00 Intro
1:25 Childhood
6:37 Wives
9:31 Influences
12:23 Politics
15:02 Trips
18:22 Fatherhood
21:18 Dune
25:46 Environmentalism
28:02 Hollywood
31:12 Hawaii
34:11 Final years
37:17 Conclusion