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Though subtitled a "biography," this is more of a personal memoir of the author's father, the well-known sf writer Frank Herbert. While Herbert does survey Frank's life-his childhood near and in Tacoma, WA; his hard struggle to become a successful and popular writer; his eventual triumph with the "Dune" series (which has become something of a family franchise); and his wife's debilitating illness and death-this book is almost as much ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More