The Final Conclusion of the Dune Series

August 7, 2007
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson

Frank Herbert wrote over 30 bestselling books during his lifetime, including the now classic six novels set in the Dune universe. The first book, Dune, won both the Nebula and Hugo awards and is still the world’s bestselling science fiction novel. When Frank Herbert died in 1986 he left behind the outlines for the continuation of the Dune saga, though they were hidden in two safe deposit boxes for over a decade. Following his death his son Brian Herbert compiled a massive Dune concordance and then, with writer Kevin J. Anderson, completed the saga with two trilogies and most recently Hunters of Dune.

Herbert and Anderson will be here to discuss their collaboration on these books and their final grand climax to the Dune Chronicles, Sandworms of Dune, where key figures from the Dune saga continue to fight for the survival of the human species.

Speaker Details

Brian Herbert is the author of 12 non fiction books and the Prelude to Dune Series, the Legends of Dune Series, plus two additional novels of Dune. He earned a BA in sociology from UC/ Berkeley and worked at a variety of professions before becoming a writer at age 30.

Kevin J. Anderson has over 11 million books in print worldwide, published in over 22 languages. After his 10th novel he began to write a series of books for Lucasfilm, and his Star Wars/Jedi Trilogy became the three top selling science fiction novels of 1994. His three original Star Wars anthologies remain the bestselling SF anthologies of all time. Kevin is also the author of three X-Files novels, over 20 additional novels in collaboration with a variety of other authors and has been nominated for Nebula, Bram Stoker and Forum awards. Prior to his writing career, Kevin worked as a technical writer and editor at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, one of the nation’s largest research facilities.