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Afterword by Brian Herbert
Frequently,hisstrongestemotionswentonthepage,soIoftenfeelhimspeakingtomeasIreadhisstories.
Once,Iaskedmyfatherifhethoughthismagnumopuswouldendure.Hesaidmodestlythathedidn’tknowandthattheonlyvalidliterarycriticwastime.
NowithasbeenfortyyearssinceDunewaspublishedinhardcover,andFrankHerbertwouldbepleasedtoknowthatinterestinhisfantasticnovel,andtheseriesitspawned,hasneverwaned.AnentirenewgenerationofreadersispickingupDuneandenjoyingit,justastheirparentsdidbeforethem.
Likeourownuniverse,theuniverseofDunecontinuestoexpand.FrankHerbertwrotesixnovelsintheseries,andIhavewrittensixmoreincollaborationwithKevinJ.Anderson.KevinandIhavefourmoreDunebooksundercontract,includingthechronologicalgrandfinalethatmillionsoffanshavebeenawaiting,Dune7.FrankHerbertwasworkingonthatprojectwhenhediedin1986,anditwouldhavebeenthethirdbookinatrilogythathebeganwithHereticsofDuneandChapterhouse:Dune.Inthosenovelshesetupagreatmystery,andnow,almosttwodecadesafterhisdeath,thesolutionisthemostcloselyguardedsecretinsciencefiction.
Bythetimewecompletethosestories,therewillbesixteenDunenovels,alongwiththe1984moviedirectedbyDavidLynchandtwotelevisionminiseries—“FrankHerbert’sDune”and“FrankHerbert’sChildrenofDune”—
bothproducedbyRichardRubinstein.Weenvisionotherprojectsinthefuture,butallofthemmustmeasureuptotheloftystandardthatmyfatherestablishedwithhisownnovels
