Author of Dune: Frank Herbert's extraordinary life (Alt Shift X)

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Main sources/references:
“Dreamer of Dune” by Brian Herbert (2003)
“Frank Herbert” by Tim O’Reilly (1981): https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/index.csp
“The Maker of Dune” by Frank Herbert ed. Tim O'Reilly (1987)

Additional sources:
1969 Willis E. McNelly interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-mLVVJkH7Ihttp://www.sinanvural.com/seksek/inien/tvd/tvd2.htm

1971 Friends 23 interview
1976 Daniel DePrez interview
1977 Caedmon recording “The Banquet Scene”
1977 Peter Sean MacKenzie interview
1977 The Daily News interview

1977 WTTW PBS interview: https://www.pbs.org/video/archive-dune-author-frank-herbert-4ffhj4/

1979 Future Life interview
1980 “Dream Makers” by Charles Platt
1980-07 “Dune Genesis” by Frank Herbert (Omni)
1981 The Environmentalist interview
1981 Mother Earth News interview: https://www.motherearthnews.com/nature-and-environment/frank-herbert-science-fiction-author-zmaz81mjzraw

1982 Bryant Gumbel NBC Today interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26GPaMoeiu4

1984 Jean Marie Stine interviewPart 1: https://futurespast-editions.blogspot.com/2013/10/lost-interview-futuristic-meditations.html

1984 Jean Marie Stine interviewPart 2: https://futurespast-editions.blogspot.com/2013/11/lost-interview-futuristic-meditations.html

1984-10 Psychology Today interview(Vol 18, Issue 10)
1985 “Eye” by Frank Herbert
1985 Knave interview
1985 Mile High Futures interview
1985 Stardate interview
1988 “Frank Herbert” byWilliam Touponce
2000 January Magazine interview of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson: https://januarymagazine.com/profiles/duneprofile.html

2005 “The Road to Dune” by FrankHerbert, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson
2013 “Jodorowsky's Dune”
2024-12-14 “Ridley Scott’s Lost Dune Script Found”, IGN: https://www.ign.com/articles/ridley-scotts-lost-dune-script-found-i-dont-think-it-wouldve-made-fans-happy

Many of the old interviews were posted online by The Augustry: https://theaugustry.com/frank-herbert-magazine-interview-sources/

And by Kwisatz on THE (ALMOST)UNDELETED: https://tau.solahpmo.com/viewtopic.php?t=1755

Frank Herbert’s six Dune books: Dune (1965), Dune Messiah (1969), Children of Dune (1976), God Emperor of Dune (1981), Heretics of Dune (1984), Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)
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0:00 Intro

1:25 Childhood

6:37 Wives
9:31 Influences
12:23 Politics
15:02 Trips
18:22 Fatherhood
21:18 Dune
25:46 Environmentalism
28:02 Hollywood
31:12 Hawaii
34:11 Final years
37:17 Conclusion