Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the series is a classic of the science-fiction genre. The series has been adapted numerous times, including the feature film David Lynch's Dune (1984), the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Children of Dune (2003), and a motion picture trilogy currently in production, with Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024) having been released.
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- Herbert Frank
- Frank Herbert Dost Korpe
- Franck Herbert
- F Herbert
- F. Herbert
- Herbert, F.
- フランク・ハーバート
- 法蘭克 赫伯特
- Фрэнк Герберт
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- Frank, Herbert novelist
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- FRANK HERBERT
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