If his classmates wanted to know the answer to something, such as about sexual functions or how to make a carbide cannon, they would invariably say, 'Let's ask Herbert. In grade school he was the acknowledged authority on everything. A kid that small shouldn't be so smart.' Young Frank was not unlike Alia in Dune, a person having adult comprehension in a child's body.

On his eighth birthday, Frank stood on top of the breakfast table at his family home and announced, 'I wanna be a author.' His maternal grandfather, John McCarthy, said of the boy, 'It's frightening. Wells, Jules Verne, and the science fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs. He loved Rover Boys adventures, as well as the stories of H.G. He carried around a Boy Scout pack with books in it, and he was always reading.

It has been translated into dozens of languages and has sold almost 20 million copies.Īs a child growing up in Washington State, Frank Herbert was curious about everything.

Today the novel is more popular than ever, with new readers continually discovering it and telling their friends to pick up a copy. His magnum opus is a reflection of this, a classic work that stands as one of the most complex, multi-layered novels ever written in any genre. He was a man of many facets, of countless passageways that ran through an intricate mind. Read moreįrank Herbert (1920-1986) created the most beloved novel in the annals of science fiction, Dune. And every revolution needs a leader.įrom Hugo and Nebula award winning author Frank Herbert, this posthumously published novel was written between his two classic books, The Dragon in the Sea and Dune. There, the opinion of the masses is clear: It is time for a revolution against the corrupt super-privileged. Low-opped and abandoned, Movius finds himself fighting for survival in the city’s underworld.

Daniel Movius, Ex-Senior Liaitor, rides high in the opinion polls until he loses everything, brushed aside by a very powerful man. But those who happen to be low-opped, live crowded in Warrens, facing harsh lives and brutal conditions. Those who score high, the High-Opps, are given plush apartments, comfortable jobs, every possible convenience. From the New York Times–bestselling author of Dune, a dystopian novel in which a corrupted democracy leads to war between the privileged and labor classes.ĮMASI! Each Man A Separate Individual! That is the rallying cry of the Seps engaged in a class war against the upper tiers of a society driven entirely by opinion polls.

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