Eye - Softcover

Herbert, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0450424057 ISBN 13: 9780450424052

Publisher: New English Library, 1988

Synopsis

Journalist, ecologist, conservationist & bestselling novelist Frank Herbert captured the imagination of entire generations. Novels like The Dosadi Experiment & The White Plague explored science's effect on society. The Green Brain & The Dragon in the Sea introduced Herbert's main how societies & individuals respond to changing or threatening environments. In Dune, winner of both Hugo & Nebula awards, he expanded this theme to create a series that has fascinated more readers than any other contemporary work of the imagination. Among his other works were The Eyes of Heisenberg; Santaroga Barrier; Whipping Star; Project 40; Threshold; five additional novels in the Dune series & two anthologies of short fiction.Eye features the startlingly original collaboration "The Road to Dune," a walking tour of Arakeen narrated by Frank Herbert & illustrated by acclaimed British artist Jim Burns. Also included is an introduction by Herbert describing his personal feelings about the filming of David Lynch's movie version of Dune; Herbert's own favorite short story, "Seed Stock"; & tales from throughout his career, some never before collected.

About this title

About the Author

Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobs--including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of several West Coast newspapers--before becoming a full-time writer. He died in 1986.

From Publishers Weekly

After three fine collections celebrating SF greats Arthur C. Clarke, Fritz Leiber and Philip Jose Farmer, Preiss's Masterworks of SF & Fantasy series hits a snag here. Herbert is one of the biggest names in the field but his best work has been of novel length (Dune, Hellstrom's Hive, etc.). While some of the themes of those books reappear here, the stories are generally mediocre because Herbert lacks the space for adequate background and characterization to make us care. Only the short "Seed Stock," about colonizing an alien world, delves beneath the plot mechanics. This collection might have been redeemed if, like the previous volumes, it had included a long autobiographical essay. In its place, however, is a short, weak defense of the movie version of Dune. November
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Edition details

• Publisher: New English Library
• Publication date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0450424057
• ISBN 13: 9780450424052
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328