Blog Posts on frank herbert

[Movies] Dune (1984) by The Geeky Guide to Nearly Everything on May 18, 2012One random day in my younger years, the family was watching, of all movies, Tremors (on Laserdisc no less!) when a relative of mine mentioned that if the giant worms in that movie seemed scary, then I should out the giant sandworms in Dune. And by t...

#NowReading Dune by Frank Herbert by ThisBookGeek on Nov 17, 2011Now I'm ready to delve into a science fiction masterpiece, Dune. Now, on to Arrakis! From the official site: Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the grandest epics in the annals of imaginative literature. Selling millions of copies worldwide, it...

Frank Herbert – Critical Author by The Critical Thinker(tm) on Jul 18, 2011    Popular science-fiction author of the critically-acclaimed Dune series of novels, and his thoughts on: Power: Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely. Absolute power attracts the corruptible.  Fiction:  The function of science fiction is n...

Thoughts for the Day: The White Plague by Frank Herbert by Lambingin Bridge on May 29, 2011Just finished The White Plague by Frank Herbert. I got introduced in reading Frank Herbert through a game show question. I was watching Battle of the Brains (hosted by David Celdran) with my cousins then. One of the questions was about the author of...

Whipping Star by Frank Herbert by pick-locker on Jan 24, 2011Price: P15.00The attraction of SF books is that they are like telescopes, looking at some point into the far future. They aren't hemmed in by the here and now, instead, in that tiny piece of glass at the very end, you get to see myriad possibilities...

Reading list by Randell's Blog on Jul 29, 2009Currently reading: Unlimited Power by Anthony Robbins (borrowed) PHP Objects, Patterns, and Practice by Matt Zandstra (e-book) Learning Python by Mark Lutz (e-book) Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card Planning to read (I already have a copy of...