Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr. (
October 8,
1920 –
February 11,
1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American
science fiction author. He is best known for the novel
Dune and its five sequels. The
Dune saga, set in the distant future and taking place over millennia, dealt with themes such as
human survival and
evolution,
ecology, and the intersection of
religion,
politics, and
power, and is widely considered to be among the classics in the field of
science fiction.
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