known mainly for its auto-repair manuals, and Dune was published in 1965. known mainly for its auto-repair manuals, and Dune was published in 1965. It's a science fiction novel about a desert planet, but also about ecology, politics, and religion. Dune has sold more than 12 million copies.

Herbert was so fascinated by this topic that he ended up with way too much material and never wrote the article. But he kept researching for six years, and then he wrote a novel that got rejected by 23 publishers. But finally it was accepted by Chilton, a minor publishing house in Philadelphia>>>>

You might like this Tim. Writer's Almanac this morning, today is Frank Herbert's birthday. Author of "Dune." He was asked to write a"feature article about an ecological project: a government-sponsored project to halt the spread of sand dunes on the Oregon coast.>>>

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