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FRANK HERBERT (1920-1986)
One of science fictions greatest creators, Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobsincluding TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor for several West Coast newspapersbefore becoming a full-time writer.
In 1952, Herbert began publishing science fiction with Looking for Something? in Startling Stories, then followed up with a number of short stories for other SF magazines. His novel The Dragon in the Sea (1956) was very favorably received, but his true emergence as a writer of major stature did not occur until 1965, with the publication of Dune.
A stunning blend of science fact and fiction, environmentalism, and politics, Dune won the first Nebula award, shared the Hugo award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction. Chapterhouse: Dune marks the sixth and final volume of this phenomenal series. Frank Herberts death in 1986 was a tragic loss, yet the astounding legacy of his visionary fiction will live forever...
Praise for the Dune Chroniclesthe Bestselling Science Fiction Adventure of All Time
DUNE
One of the monuments of modern science fiction.
Chicago Tribune
I know nothing comparable to it except Lord of the Rings. Arthur C. Clarke
DUNE MESSIAH
Brilliant ... It is all that Dune was, and maybe a little more.Galaxy Magazine
CHILDREN OF DUNE
A major event.Los Angeles Times
There is something here for all science fiction fans.
Publishers Weekly
GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE
Rich fare... Heady stuff.Los Angeles Times
A fourth visit to distant Arrakis that is every bit as fascinating as the other threeevery bit as timely.Time
HERETICS OF DUNE
A monumental piece of imaginative architecture... indisputably magical.Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Appealing and gripping ... Fascinating detail, yet cloaked in mystery and mysticism.The Milwaukee Journal
CHAPTERHOUSE: DUNE
Compelling ... a worthy addition to this durable and deservedly popular series.The New York Times
The vast and fascinating Dune saga sweeps onas exciting and gripping as ever.Kirkus Reviews
Books by Frank Herbert
THE BOOK OF FRANK HERBERT
DESTINATION: VOID (revised edition)
DIRECT DESCENT
THE DOSADI EXPERIMENT
EYE
THE EYES OF HEISENBERG
THE GODMAKERS
THE GREEN BRAIN
THE MAKER OF DUNE
THE SANTAROGA BARRIER
SOUL CATCHER
WHIPPING STAR
THE WHITE PLAGUE
THE WORLDS OF FRANK HERBERT
MAN OF TWO WORLDS (with Brian Herbert)
The Dune Chronicles
DUNE
DUNE MESSIAH
CHILDREN OF DUNE
GOD EMPEROR OF DUNE
HERETICS OF DUNE
CHAPTERHOUSE: DUNE
Books by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom
THE JESUS INCIDENT
THE LAZARUS EFFECT
THE ASCENSION FACTOR
Books edited by Brian Herbert
THE NOTEBOOKS OF FRANK HERBERTS DUNE
SONGS OF MUADDIB
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Bene Gesserit Coda
When the ghola-baby was delivered from the first Bene Gesserit axlotl tank, Mother Superior Darwi Odrade ordered a quiet celebration in her private dining room atop Central. It was barely dawn, and the two other members of her Council Tamalane and Bellondashowed impatience at the summons, even though Odrade had ordered breakfast served by her personal chef.
It isnt every woman who can preside at the birth of her own father, Odrade quipped when the others complained they had too many demands on their time to permit of time-wasting nonsense.
Only aged Tamalane showed sly amusement.
Bellonda held her over-fleshed features expressionless, often her equivalent of a scowl.
Was it possible, Odrade wondered, that Bell had not exorcised resentment of the relative opulence in Mother Superiors surroundings? Odrades quarters were a distinct mark of her position but the distinction represented her duties more than any elevation over her Sisters. The small dining room allowed her to consult aides during meals.
Bellonda glanced this way and that, obviously impatient to be gone. Much effort had been expended without success in attempts to break through Bellondas coldly remote shell.
It felt very odd to hold that baby in my arms and think: This is my father, Odrade said.
I heard you the first time! Bellonda spoke from the belly, almost a baritone rumbling as though each word caused her vague indigestion.
She understood Odrades wry jest, though. The old Bashar Miles Teg had, indeed, been the Mother Superiors father. And Odrade herself had collected cells (as fingernail scrapings) to grow this new ghola, part of a long-time possibility plan should they ever succeed in duplicating Tleilaxu tanks. But Bellonda would be drummed out of the Bene Gesserit rather than go along with Odrades comment on the Sisterhoods vital equipment.
I find this frivolous at such a time, Bellonda said. Those madwomen hunting us to exterminate us and you want a celebration!
Odrade held herself to a mild tone with some effort. If the Honored Matres find us before we are ready perhaps it will be because we failed to keep up our morale.
Bellondas silent stare directly into Odrades eyes carried frustrating accusation: Those terrible women already have exterminated sixteen of our planets!
Odrade knew it was wrong to think of those planets as Bene Gesserit possessions. The loosely organized confederation of planetary governments assembled after the Famine Times and the Scattering depended heavily on the Sisterhood for vital services and reliable communications, but old factions persistedCHOAM, Spacing Guild, Tleilaxu, remnant pockets of the Divided Gods priesthood, even Fish Speaker auxiliaries and schismatic assemblages. The Divided God had bequeathed humankind a divided empireall of whose factions were suddenly moot because of rampaging Honored Matre assaults from the Scattering. The Bene Gesseritholding to most of their old formswere the natural prime target for attack.
Bellondas thoughts never strayed far from this Honored Matre threat. It was a weakness Odrade recognized. Sometimes, Odrade hesitated on the point of replacing Bellonda, but even in the Bene Gesserit there were factions these days and no one could deny that Bell was a supreme organizer. Archives had never been more efficient than under her guidance.
As she frequently did, Bellonda without even speaking the words managed to focus Mother Superiors attention on the hunters who stalked them with savage persistence. It spoiled the mood of quiet success Odrade had hoped to achieve this morning.
