(* 8. 10. 1920 – 11. 2. 1986)
Frank Herbert byl americký spisovatel, ale živil se také jako reportér, redaktor, profesionální fotograf a kameraman. Je autorem mnoha povídek, románů i čtenářsky populárních sérii, jako je Pandora a Duna. První románovou prvotinu publikoval v roce 1955 a nesla název Drak v moři (The Dragon in the Sea).
Opravdový úspěch i příznivý ohlas kritiky zaznamenal až jeho sci-fi román Duna (Dune, 1965), získal několik literárních ocenění a měl u čtenářů nebývalý ohlas. Podle knihy natočil v roce 1984 americký režisér David Lynch stejnojmenný dobrodružný snímek. V roce 2000 dále vznikl třídílný seriál Duna (Frank Herbert's Dune), na nějž o tři léta později navázal rovněž třídílný seriál Děti Duny (Frank Herbert's Children of Dune). Na motivy Duny bylo vytvořeno i několik počítačových her, z nichž je asi nejznámější Duna 2, kterou lze dodnes považovat za první real time trategii.
Frank Herbert po úspěchu prvního dílu napsal celkem pět pokračování s názvy – Spasitel Duny (Dune Messiah, 1970), Děti Duny (Children of Dune, 1976), Božský imperátor Duny (God Emperor of Dune, 1981), Kacíři Duny (Heretics of Dune, 1984) a Kapitula: Duna (Chapterhouse: Dune, 1985). Tato velmi úspěšná pokračování zachycují následné osudy planety Arrakis (nazývané Duna) a nelítostné boje o její ovládnutí.
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