Дюна
Afterword by Brian Herbert
Attheendofthebook,heintentionallyleftlooseendsandsaidhedidthistosendthereadersspinningoutofthestorywithbitsandpiecesofitstillclingingtothem,sothattheywouldwanttogobackandreaditagain.Aneattrick,andhepulleditoffperfectly.
Ashiseldestson,Iseefamilialinfluencesinthestory.Earlier,InotedthatmymotherismemorializedinDuneandsoisDad.HemusthavebeenthinkingofhimselfwhenhewrotethatDukeLeto’s“qualitiesasafatherhavelongbeenoverlooked.”Thewordshavedeepsignificancetome,becauseatthetimeheandIwerenotgettingalongwellatall.Iwasgoingthrougharebelliousteenagephase,reactingtotheuncompromisingmannerinwhichheruledthehousehold.
AtthebeginningofDune,PaulAtreidesisfifteenyearsold,aroundthesameageIwasatthetimethebookwasfirstserializedinAnalog.IdonotseemyselfmuchinthecharacterizationofPaul,butIdoseeDadinPaul’sfather,thenobleDukeLetoAtreides.Inonepassage,FrankHerbertwrote:“YetmanyfactsopenthewaytothisDuke:hisabidingloveforhisBeneGesseritlady;thedreamsheheldforhisson...”Lateinhislife,Dadrespondedtointerviewquestionsaboutmyownwritingcareerbysaying,“Theacorndoesn’tfallfarfromtheoaktree.”
Heoftencomplimentedmetoothers,morethanhedidtomedirectly.Tomostofhisfriendsheseemedlikeanextrovert,butinfamilymattershewasoftenquitetheopposite,preferringtoretiretohisstudy.
