弗蘭剋•赫伯特（Frank Herbert,1920-1986）

美國科幻小說傢、作傢。1920年10月8日生於華盛頓州。赫伯特是美國深具影響力的科幻巨匠，是與阿西莫夫並肩的大師。

赫伯特在科幻文學中的地位就如同托爾金在奇幻文學中的地位一樣，無人可以動搖。他更是率先普及瞭“生態學”和“係統思想”的科幻作傢，他教會瞭科幻作傢如何賦予科幻小說以思想。

赫伯特一生共創作瞭27部長篇小說和6部短篇小說集，其中的佼佼者便是偉大的《沙丘》係列小說。該係列共6部，曾被翻拍成電影並引起巨大轟動。

A beautiful new package with a new introductiona] Millennia have passed on Arrakis, and the oncedesert planet is green with life. Leto Atreides, the son of the worldas savior, the Emperor Paul MuadaDib, is still alive but far from human. To preserve humanityas future, he sacrificed his own by merging with a sandworm, granting him nearimmortality as God Emperor of Dune for the past 3,500 years. Letoas rule is not a benevolent one. His transformation has not only made his appearance inhuman, but his morality. A rebellion has risen to oppose the despotas rule, led by Siona, a member of the Atreides family. But Siona is unaware that Letoas vision of a Golden Path for humanity requires her to fulfill a destiny she never wanteda]or could possibly conceivea]