Brian Herbert
Brian Patrick Herbert (born 1947) is a best selling American author. He lives in Washington state. He is the son of the famous science fiction author Frank Herbert.
Brian Herbert's novels include Sidney's Comet, Prisoners of Arionn, Man of Two Worlds (written with his father), Sudanna Sudanna, as well as a biography of his father: Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert. He has also edited The Songs of Muad'dib and the Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune, and has created a concordance for the Dune universe based on his father's notes. He has said in an interview that there are no immediate plans to publish the concordance. [1]
He is most famous for his collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson, with whom he has also written two trilogies of prequels (Prelude to Dune and Legends of Dune) to his father's landmark science fiction novel, Dune. These have all become New York Times best sellers. Some fans of the Dune series do not view his novels favorably.
The collaboration is intented to culminate with two Dune 7 sequels to Frank Herberts chronicles: Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune, now scheduled for release. These are based on notes left behind by Frank Herbert, who composed an outline before his death.[2]
Published novels
- Sidney's Comet (1983)
- The Garbage Chronicles (1985)
- Man of Two Worlds (1986) (with Frank Herbert)
- Sudanna, Sudanna (1986)
- Prisoners of Arionn (1987)
- The Race for God (1990)
- Memorymakers (1991) (with Marie Landis)
- Blood on the Sun (1996) (with Marie Landis)
- Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert (not a novel)
- Timeweb (2006)
Dune novels
- Dune: House Atreides (1999)
- Dune: House Harkonnen (2000)
- Dune: House Corrino (2001)
- Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
- Dune: The Machine Crusade (2003)
- Dune: The Battle of Corrin (2004)
- The Road to Dune (2005)
- Hunters of Dune (2006)
- Sandworms of Dune (2007)
Dune short stories
- Dune: A Whisper on Caladan Seas
- Dune: Hunting Harkonnens
- Dune: Whipping Mek
- Dune: The Faces of a Martyr
- Dune: Sea Child