Afterword by Brian Herbert

           IKNEWFrankHerbertformorethanthirty-eightyears.Hewasamagnificenthumanbeing,amanofgreathonoranddistinction,andthemostinterestingpersonatanygathering,drawinglistenersaroundhimlikeamagnet.

           Tosayhewasanintellectualgiantwouldbeanunderstatement,sinceheseemedtocontainalloftheknowledgeoftheuniverseinhismarvelousmind.Hewasmyfather,andIlovedhimdeeply.

           Nonetheless,ason’sjourneytounderstandthelegendaryauthorwasnotalwaysasmoothone,asIdescribedinmybiographyofhim,DreamerofDune.

           GrowingupinFrankHerbert’shousehold,Ididnotunderstandhisneedforabsolutesilencesothathecouldconcentrate,theintensedesirehehadtocompletehisimportantwritingprojects,ortheconfidencehehadthatonedayhiswritingwouldbeasuccess,despitethesteadystreamofrejectionsthathereceived.Tomyyoungeyes,thecharactershecreatedinDuneandhisotherstorieswerethechildrenofhismind,andtheycompetedwithmeforhisaffections.Intheyearsittookhimtowritehismagnumopus,hespentmoretimewithPaulAtreidesthanhedidwithme.Dad’sstudywasoff-limitstome,tomysisterPenny,andtomybrotherBruce.Inthosedays,onlymymotherBeverlyreallyunderstoodDad’scomplexities.Ultimately,itwasthroughherloveforhim,andthelovehegavebacktoher,thatIcametoseethenurturing,lovingsideoftheman.

           BythattimeIwasinmymid-twenties,havingrebelledagainsthisexactingwaysforyears.