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Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert at the Octocon II convention, Santa Rosa, California, October 1978 (Robert E. Nylund)
BornOctober 8, 1920(1920-10-08)
Tacoma, Washington
DiedFebruary 11, 1986 (aged 65)
Madison, Wisconsin
OccupationNovelist
NationalityUnited States
Writing period1945-1986
GenresScience fiction
Literary movementNew Wave
Influenced

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Biography

Frank Herbert was born October 8, 1920 in Tacoma, Washington to Frank Patrick Herbert Sr. Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. and Eileen McCarthy Herbert. He graduated from high school in 1938, and in 1939 he lied about his age in order to get his first newspaper job at the Glendale Star. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint.

There was a temporary hiatus in his career as he served in the U. S. Navy's Seabees for six months as a photographer during World War II until he was given a medical discharge. The Seabees are the Construction Battalions of the United States Navy. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He married Flora Parkinson in San Pedro, California in 1941. San Pedro is a beach community within Los Angeles California, USA California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. They had a daughter, Penny (b. February 16, 1942), but divorced in 1945. Events 1249 - Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khan of the Mongols Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

After the war he attended the University of Washington, where he met Beverly Ann Stuart at a creative writing class in 1946. See Washington (disambiguation for other uses The University of Washington, founded in 1861, is a public research University They were the only students in the class who had sold any work for publication – Herbert had sold two pulp adventure stories to magazines- the first to Esquire in 1945, and Stuart had sold a story to Modern Romance magazine. Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines They married in Seattle, Washington on June 20, 1946. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They had two sons:

In 1947 Frank Herbert sold his first science fiction story, "Looking for Something", to Startling Stories. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Santa Rosa is the County seat of Sonoma County California, United States California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean.

Frank Herbert did not graduate from college, according to his son, Brian, because he wanted to study only what interested him and so did not complete the required courses. After leaving college he returned to journalism and worked at the Seattle Star and the Oregon Statesman; he was also a writer and editor for the San Francisco Examiner's California Living magazine for a decade. The Seattle Star was a daily Newspaper that ran from February 2, 1899, to August 13, 1947. The Statesman Journal is the major daily newspaper published in Salem, Oregon, United States. The San Francisco Examiner is a US daily Newspaper. It has been published continuously in San Francisco, California, since

His career as a novelist began with the publication of The Dragon in the Sea in 1955, where he used the environment of a 21st century submarine as a way to explore sanity and madness. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story The Dragon in the Sea (1956 also known as Under Pressure from its serialization is a novel by Frank Herbert. The book predicted worldwide conflicts over oil consumption and production. Petroleum ( L petroleum, from Greek πετρέλαιον, lit It was a critical success but not a major commercial one.

Florence, Oregon, with sand dunes that served as an inspiration for the Dune saga
Florence, Oregon, with sand dunes that served as an inspiration for the Dune saga

Herbert began researching Dune in 1959 and was able to devote himself more wholeheartedly to his writing career because his wife returned to work full time as an advertising writer for department stores, becoming the main breadwinner during the 1960s. Florence is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. One tradition states the city was named for state senator A Herbert later related in an interview with Willis E. McNeilly that the novel originated when he was supposed to do a magazine article on sand dunes in Florence, Oregon, but he became too involved in it and ended up with far more raw material than needed for a single article. Florence is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. One tradition states the city was named for state senator A The article, entitled "They Stopped the Moving Sands," was never written, but it did serve as the seed for the ideas that led to Dune.

Dune took six years of research and writing to complete. Far longer than commercial science fiction of the time was supposed to be, it was serialized in Analog magazine in two separate parts ("Dune World" and "Prophet of Dune"), in 1963 and 1965. Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American Science fiction Magazine. It was then rejected by nearly twenty book publishers before finally being accepted. One editor prophetically wrote back "I might be making the mistake of the decade, but. . . " before rejecting the manuscript.

Chilton, a minor publishing house in Philadelphia known mainly for its auto-repair manuals, gave Herbert a $7,500 advance, and Dune was soon a critical success. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1965 and shared the Hugo Award in 1966. The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Dune was the first ecological science fiction novel, containing a multitude of sweeping, inter-relating themes and multiple character viewpoints, a method that ran through all Herbert's mature work. Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of

The book was not an instant bestseller. A bestseller is a Book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade By 1968 Herbert had made $20,000 from it, far more than most science fiction novels of the time were generating, but not enough to let him take up full-time writing. However, the publication of Dune did open doors for him. He was the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's education writer from 1969 to 1972 and lecturer in general studies and interdisciplinary studies at the University of Washington (1970 – 1972). The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as "the P-I" is one of two daily Newspapers in Seattle Washington, United States. This article is about the degree For other meanings see the disambiguation page General Studies. Integrative Learning is a learning theory describing a movement toward integrated lessons helping students make connections across curricula He worked in Vietnam and Pakistan as social and ecological consultant in 1972. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and In 1973 he was director-photographer of the television show, The Tillers.

A man is a fool not to put everything he has, at any given moment, into what he is creating. You're there now doing the thing on paper. You're not killing the goose, you're just producing an egg. So I don't worry about inspiration, or anything like that. It's a matter of just sitting down and working. I have never had the problem of a writing block. Writer's block is a Phenomenon involving temporary loss of ability to begin or continue writing usually due to lack of inspiration or Creativity. I've heard about it. I've felt reluctant to write on some days, for whole weeks, or sometimes even longer. I'd much rather go fishing, for example, or go sharpen pencils, or go swimming, or what not. But, later, coming back and reading what I have produced, I am unable to detect the difference between what came easily and when I had to sit down and say, "Well, now it's writing time and now I'll write. " There's no difference on paper between the two.

– Frank Herbert

By 1972, Herbert retired from writing for newspapers and became a full-time writer. During the 1970s and 1980s, Herbert enjoyed considerable commercial success as an author. He divided his time between homes in Hawaii and Washington's Olympic Peninsula; his home on the peninsula was intended to be an "ecological demonstration project". The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Geography The Olympic Peninsula is home to some of the only Temperate rain forests in the world including the Hoh, Queets, and Quinault [3] During this time he wrote numerous books and pushed ecological and philosophical ideas. He continued his Dune saga, following it with Dune Messiah, Children of Dune, and God Emperor of Dune. Dune Messiah is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the second in a series of six novels Children of Dune is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, third in a series of six novels set in the ''Dune'' universe. God Emperor of Dune is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1981, the fourth in the Dune series Other highlights were The Dosadi Experiment, The Godmakers, The White Plague and the books he wrote in partnership with Bill Ransom: The Jesus Incident, The Lazarus Effect, and The Ascension Factor which were sequels to Destination: Void. The Dosadi Experiment (1977 is a Science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert. The Godmakers (1972 is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. The White Plague (1982 is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. The Jesus Incident (1979 is the second Science fiction novel set in the ''Destination Void'' universe by the American author Frank Herbert The Lazarus Effect (1983 is the third Science fiction novel set in the ''Destination Void'' universe by the American author Frank Herbert The Ascension Factor (1988 is the fourth and final Science fiction novel set in the ''Destination Void'' universe by the American author Frank Destination Void (1966 is the first Science fiction novel set in the ''Destination Void'' universe by the American author Frank Herbert

Herbert's change in fortune was shaded by tragedy. In 1974, Beverly underwent an operation for cancer. Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled She lived ten more years, but her health was adversely impacted by the surgery. In the midst of this, Herbert was the featured speaker at the Octocon II science fiction convention at the El Rancho Tropicana in Santa Rosa, California in October 1978. Beverly Herbert died on February 7, 1984, the same year that Heretics of Dune was published. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Heretics of Dune is a 1984 Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, fifth in a series of six novels In his afterword to 1985's Chapterhouse Dune, Frank Herbert wrote a moving eulogy for his wife of 38 years. Chapterhouse Dune is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, last in his series of six Dune novels

1984 was a tumultuous year in Herbert's life. In the same year that his wife died, his career took off with the release of David Lynch's film version of Dune. David Keith Lynch (born January 20 1946 is an American director, Screenwriter, producer, painter, Cartoonist, Composer This article is about the 1984 film See Frank Herbert's Dune for the 2000 television adaptation Despite high expectations, a big-budget production design and an A-list cast, the movie drew mostly poor reviews in the United States. However, despite a disappointing response in the USA, the film was a critical and commercial success in Europe and Japan.

After Beverly's death, Herbert married Theresa Shackleford in 1985, the year he published Chapterhouse Dune, which tied up many of the saga's story threads (though ending on a cliffhanger intended to lead into his planned Dune 7). This would be Herbert's final single work (the anthology Eye was also published that year, and Man of Two Worlds was published in 1986). Eye (1985 is a collection of thirteen short stories written by Science fiction author Frank Herbert. He died of a massive pulmonary embolism while recovering from surgery from pancreatic cancer on February 11, 1986 in Madison, Wisconsin age 65. Pulmonary embolism (PE is a blockage of the Pulmonary artery or one of its branches usually occurring when a venous Thrombus (blood clot from a vein Pancreatic cancer is a malignant tumor of the Pancreas. Each year about 37680 individuals in the United States are diagnosed with this condition and 34290 Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County. Wisconsin ( or wɪˈskɑnsɨn (French Ouisconsin) is one of the fifty United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States

Continuation of the Dune series

In recent years, Frank Herbert's son Brian Herbert and author Kevin J. Anderson have begun adding to the Dune universe, using notes left behind by Frank Herbert on both the history of the Dune universe before the events within Dune, as well as the novel he had planned to follow Chapterhouse Dune. Brian Patrick Herbert (born 1947 is a best selling American Author who lives in Washington state Kevin J Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is an American Science fiction Author. The Dune universe, or Duniverse, is the political, scientific, and social fictional setting of author Frank They have written two prequel series (Prelude to Dune and Legends of Dune) and have now released two post-Chapterhouse novels (Hunters of Dune and Sandworms of Dune) based on the Dune 7 outline Frank Herbert left behind at the time of his death. Prelude to Dune is a Prequel Trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Legends of Dune is a Prequel Trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Hunters of Dune is the first of the Duology written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J Sandworms of Dune is the second of the Duology written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J

Ideas and themes

I think science fiction does help, and it points in very interesting directions. It points in relativistic directions. It says that we have the imagination for these other opportunities, these other choices. We tend to tie ourselves down to limited choices. We say, "Well, the only answer is. . . . " or, "If you would just. . . . " Whatever follows these two statements narrows the choices right there. It gets the vision right down close to the ground so that you don't see anything happening outside. Humans tend not to see over a long range. Now we are required, in these generations, to have a longer range view of what we inflict on the world around us. This is where, I think, science fiction is helping. I don't think that the mere writing of such a book as Brave New World or 1984 prevents those things which are portrayed in those books from happening. Brave New World is a 1932 Novel by Aldous Huxley. Set in the London of AD 2540 (632 A Nineteen Eighty-Four (also titled 1984) by George Orwell (the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) is a 1949 English Novel But I do think they alert us to that possibility and make that possibility less likely. They make us aware that we may be going in that direction

– Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert used his science fiction novels to explore complex ideas involving philosophy, religion, psychology, politics and ecology, which have inspired many of his readers to become interested in these areas. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language A religion is a set of Tenets and practices often centered upon specific Supernatural and moral claims about Reality, the Cosmos Psychology (from Greek grc ψῡχή psȳkhē, "breath life soul" and grc -λογία -logia) is an Academic and Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions Ecology (from Greek grc οἶκος oikos, "house(hold" and grc -λογία -logia) is the scientific study of The underlying thrust in Frank Herbert's work was his fascination with the question of human survival and evolution. eVolution is the third Album by eLDee, it was due to be released in 2008 Frank Herbert has attracted a sometimes fanatical fanbase, many of whom have tried to read everything Frank Herbert has written, fiction or non-fiction, and see Frank Herbert as something of an authority on the subject matters of his books. Indeed such was the devotion of some of his readers that Frank Herbert was at times asked if he was starting a cult,[4] something he was very much against. This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice" for that usage see Cult (religious practice

There are a number of key themes in Herbert's work:

Frank Herbert carefully refrained from offering his readers firm answers to many of the questions he explored.

Status and impact in science fiction

Dune and the Dune saga constitute one of the world's best-selling science fiction series and novels; Dune in particular has received widespread critical acclaim, winning the Nebula Award in 1965 and sharing the Hugo Award in 1966, and is frequently considered one of the best science fiction novels ever, if not the best. The Nebula Award is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA for the best Science fiction / Fantasy fiction [5]. According to contemporary Robert A. Heinlein, Herbert's opus was "powerful, convincing, and most ingenious. Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7 1907 – May 8 1988 was an American Novelist and Science fiction Writer. "

Dune is also considered a landmark novel for a number of reasons:

Herbert wrote more than twenty novels after Dune that are regarded as being of variable quality. Books like The Green Brain, The Santaroga Barrier seemed to hark back to the days before Dune, when a good technological idea was all that was needed to drive a sci-fi novel. The Green Brain (1966 initially published as Greenslaves, is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. The Santaroga Barrier (1968 is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert. And some fans of the Dune saga are critical of the follow-up novels as being subpar.

Herbert never again equalled the critical acclaim he received for Dune. Neither his sequels to Dune nor any of his other books won a Hugo or Nebula Award, although almost all of them were New York Times Bestsellers. Some felt that Children of Dune was almost too literary and too dark to get the recognition it may have deserved; others felt that The Dosadi Experiment lacked an epic quality that fans had come to expect.

Also largely overlooked because of the concentration on "Dune" was Herbert's 1973 novel, Hellstrom's Hive, with its minutely worked-out depiction of a human society modeled on social insects, which could be counted a major utopia/dystopia. Hellstrom's Hive (1973 is a Science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert. Eusociality ( Greek eu: "good" + "social" is a term used for the highest level of social organization in a hierarchical classification Utopia is a name for an ideal community taken from the title of a book written in 1516 by Sir Thomas More describing a fictional Island in the A dystopia (from the Greek δυσ- and τόπος alternatively cacotopia, kakotopia, cackotopia, or anti-utopia) is the vision of a society

Malcolm Edwards in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction wrote:

Much of Herbert's work makes difficult reading. Malcolm John Edwards (born 1949) is a British editor and critic in the Science fiction field The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is a Reference work on Science fiction. His ideas were genuinely developed concepts, not merely decorative notions, but they were sometimes embodied in excessively complicated plots and articulated in prose which did not always match the level of thinking . . . His best novels, however, were the work of a speculative intellect with few rivals in modern science fiction.

Film adaptations

A film of the novel, Dune, was directed by David Lynch in 1984. This article is about the 1984 film See Frank Herbert's Dune for the 2000 television adaptation David Keith Lynch (born January 20 1946 is an American director, Screenwriter, producer, painter, Cartoonist, Composer Although panned by many fans and film critics, Frank Herbert was pleased with the movie. It has done well on video and DVD.

The Sci Fi Channel produced a commercially successful 2000 television miniseries called Frank Herbert's Dune. A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes Frank Herbert's Dune is a three-part Miniseries based on the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert. The Dune saga continued with a sequel miniseries in 2003 entitled Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, which combined the novels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. A sequel is a work in Literature, Film, or other media that portrays events following those of a previous work Frank Herbert's Children of Dune is the 2003 Sequel to the 2000 Miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune produced by the United States

Production is underway at Paramount Pictures for a new film based on Dune, directed by Peter Berg and with the participation of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Peter Berg (born March 11 1962 is an American actor Film director, producer and writer Anderson. The studio hopes the remake will be a "tentpole film," and potentially lead to a new franchise based on Herbert's series. [6][7][8]

Bibliography

Fiction

Dune novels

  1. Dune: Serial publication: Analog, December 1963 – February 1964 (Part I, as "Dune World"), and January – May 1965 (Parts II and III, as "The Prophet of Dune"). Dune is a Science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. First edition: Philadelphia: Chilton Books, 1965.
  2. Dune Messiah: Serial publication: Galaxy, July – November 1969. Dune Messiah is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, the second in a series of six novels First edition: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1970.
  3. Children of Dune: Serial publication: Analog, January – April 1976, "Children of Dune". Children of Dune is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, third in a series of six novels set in the ''Dune'' universe. First edition: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1976.
  4. God Emperor of Dune, New York: G. God Emperor of Dune is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert published in 1981, the fourth in the Dune series P. Putnam's Sons, 1981.
  5. Heretics of Dune, New York: G. Heretics of Dune is a 1984 Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, fifth in a series of six novels P. Putnam's Sons, 1984.
  6. Chapterhouse: Dune, New York: G. Chapterhouse Dune is a Science fiction novel by Frank Herbert, last in his series of six Dune novels P. Putnam's Sons, 1985.

Other novels

Short fiction collections

Short fiction

Nonfiction

Nonfiction Books

Essays and introductions

Significant newspaper articles

Other publications

Poetry

Audio recordings

Interviews

Limited bibliography by universe

Dune universe

Main article: Dune universe

ConSentiency universe

Main article: ConSentiency universe

Destination: Void universe

Main article: Destination: Void universe

Books about Frank Herbert and Dune

References

  1. ^ "SCI FI Channel Auction to Benefit Reading Is Fundamental". Retrieved on 2006-07-13. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to  “"Since its debut in 1965, Frank Herbert’s Dune has sold over 12 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling science fiction novel of all time . . . Frank Herbert's Dune saga is one of the greatest 20th Century contributions to literature. "”
  2. ^ Touponce, William F. (1988), Frank Herbert, Boston, Massachusetts: Twayne Publishers imprint, G. K. Hall & Co, pg. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. 119, ISBN 0-8057-7514-5. Locus ran a poll of readers on 15 April 1975 in which Dune "was voted the all-time best science-fiction novel. Locus is a monthly American Magazine, subtitled "The Magazine Of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Field" Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. . . It has sold over ten million copies in numerous editions. "
  3. ^ Touponce, William F. (1988), written at Boston, Massachusetts, Frank Herbert, Twayne Publishers imprint, G. K. Hall & Co, ISBN 0-8057-7514-5; PS3558. E63Z89 - Chronology
  4. ^ Omni Magazine, June 1980
  5. ^ "His dominant intellectual impulse was not to mystify or set himself up as a prophet, but the opposite – to turn what powers of analysis he had (and they wree considerable) over to his audience. And this impulse is as manifest in Dune, which many people consider the all-time best science fiction novel, as it is in his computer book, Without Me You're Nothing. ppg 2, Touponce 1988
  6. ^ "Berg to direct Dune for Paramount.". Variety. com (2008-03-17). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Retrieved on 2008-04-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
  7. ^ "New Dune Film from Paramount.". DuneNovels. com (2008-03-18). 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Retrieved on 2008-04-03. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
  8. ^ HT Syndication. "Peter Berg to direct Dune adaptation. " Hindustan Times. 18 March 2008. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

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NAMEHerbert, Frank
ALTERNATIVE NAMESHerbert Jr. Tim O'Reilly (Tadhg Ó Raghallaigh is the founder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates and a supporter of the Free software and open source , Frank; Herbert, Frank Patrick
SHORT DESCRIPTIONAmerican author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTHOctober 8, 1920(1920-10-08)
PLACE OF BIRTHTacoma, Washington
DATE OF DEATHFebruary 11, 1986
PLACE OF DEATHMadison, Wisconsin
Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 660 BC - Traditional founding date of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County.
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