Man Of Two Worlds

Herbert, Frank & Herbert, Brian

ISBN 10: 0575038349 / ISBN 13: 9780575038349

Published by Victor Gollancz, 1986

About this Item

© 1986: A stand-alone novel by Frank Herbert & Brian Herbert. 1st edition, 1st printing:- Synopsis: On the distant planet Dreenor lives the most powerful and influential species in the Galaxy. Alone among intelligent lifeforms, Dreens possess the power of 'idmaging': turning their thoughts into actual solid objects, both inert and alive. The most accomplished Dreens can create whole worlds, using them as the basis for the Storytelling which is Dreenor's most popular artform and the core of its civilization. The most popular stories concern that wild planet with its incontrollable inhabitants, Earth. One faction of Dreens would like to see Earth erased, for everybody's benefit; but the problem only becomes acute when it appears that humans are about to discover the secret of interstellar travel, with the attendant possibility that they might turn up uninvited on Dreenor. Meanwhile a young Dreen, Ryll, on an unauthorized jaunt to Earth, is involved in a collision with an experimental spaceship and, badly injured, is forced to use his idmaging talent to merge bodies with an Earthman. Their minds, however, remain distinct, and Ryll finds himself maneuvering for control against the wily Lutt Hanson Jr, scion of an industrial empire, and reckless adventurer:- Review(s): "In 'Man Of Two Worlds' Frank Herbert, author of the bestselling Dune novels, teams up with his son Brian, himself an established author with several novels to his name, to produce a fast-moving, witty and colourful entertainment":- (original cost £9.95).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Man Of Two Worlds
• Publisher: Victor Gollancz
• Publication Date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0575038349
• ISBN 13: 9780575038349
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Fred Gambino
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 0.5 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

What if the entire universe were the creation of alien minds? After an unfortunate spaceship accident, the hedonistic human Lutt Hansen Jr., finds himself sharing his body and mind with a naive alien dreamer. The two have to survive dangers, schemes and assassination attempts . . . but can they survive each other?

About the Author

Frank Herbert (1920-1986), winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards and a #1 New York Times bestselling author, was born in Tacoma, Washington, and worked as a reporter and later as an editor for a number of West Coast newspapers before becoming a full-time writer. His first science fiction story was published in 1952, but he achieved fame more than ten years later with the publication of ''Dune World'' and ''The Prophet of Dune'' in Analog. The stories were amalgamated in the bestselling novel Dune in 1965.

Brian Herbert, the son of Frank Herbert, is a New York Times bestselling author who has won the New York Times Notable Book Award. He has been nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula Awards. In 2003 he published Dreamer of Dune, a moving biography of his father that was a Hugo Award finalist. Two of his recent novels are ecological thrillers - Ocean and The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma.