Frank Herbert

Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically and commercially successful American science fiction author. He is best known for the novel Dune, and the five other novels in the series that followed it. The Dune saga dealt with themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, and power.

Film adaptations

A film of the novel Dune was directed by David Lynch in 1984. Although criticized by many fans, has done well on video and DVD.

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Dune - David Lynch

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Dune was made into a TV mini-series by the Sci Fi Channel (United States) in 2001. This was commercially successful and the Sci-Fi channel continued the Dune saga with a further mini-series in 2003 entitled Children of Dune, which merges the plots of the novels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune

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