Frank Herbert The Works eBook Bob R Bogle
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Author of the world-famous Dune series, and many other works as well, Frank Herbert (1920-1986) remains one of the most acclaimed masters of science fiction.
Frank Herbert The Works is a comprehensive biography of the literary achievements – and sometimes disappointments – which constitute the legacy of the genre's most compelling figure. For the first time Herbert's complete works are considered in the chronological context of their times, in conjunction with his many short stories and other writings.
Innumerable questions which fans have been pondering for decades find answers here. How did Herbert model an extended spectrum of consciousness within his novels? Was Herbert at heart a scientist or a mystic? How did Herbert envision the interface between spacetime, energy, matter, and the mind? How might he have written the last volume of his Dune series had he lived?
What emerges is a new synthesis and appreciation for the expansive mind of a truly original writer and artist whom we lost too soon.
Frank Herbert The Works eBook Bob R Bogle
The writing is too disjointed and either retells same details time and again or seems to jump over and omit some. I still do not have a good idea of Frank Herbert's life or writing history. Cannot recommend.Product details
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Frank Herbert The Works eBook Bob R Bogle Reviews
I was skeptical of reading someone's evaluation of Hebert work....but the author has good insights & logical extentions of Hebert's concepts.
As a Dune fan since the late 70's I appreciated this book so much! It introduced me to so much more of the Frank Herbert world. I used this book to build a Christmas list and started buying and reading many of the - other than Dune - books by Frank Herbert.
This book is just magnificent.
Fans of Frank Herbert can definitely read this as a map to his works - it shows how certain ideas evolved throughout Herbert's works or when new ideas creeped in or even how the ideas related to one another. If you've read any Herbert, you know this is not an easy feat to accomplish. And this book is just so comprehensive - it looks at almost anything Herbert ever wrote. The sheer research that must have gone into this makes me stare in awe. It even makes the O'Reilly book pale in comparison!
For those who have not read any Herbert, this book is an intellectual biography of one of the profoundest writer's to have ever lived and is a great read in itself. I haven't read half of the books Herbert wrote but reading this book made me want to discover these books for myself.
I've been a fan of the Dune series (the original Frank Herbert penned novels) for over 20 years. It was great to come across Bob R. Bogle's excellent book here.
Frank Herbert The Works, is a compelling overview of Herbert's major works -- with lots of attention paid to the Dune series. Bogle's book is an entertaining read -- part biography as he charts Herbert's life through the development and writing of his short stories and then novels -- and accompanying scholarly analysis of the works themselves. While in depth, it is a very accessible read, and touches on Herbert's philosophical themes that emerged full blown in the Dune series but were apparent even early on, in his first published short stories.
If you're a fan of Frank Herbert or Dune, you will love this book.
Until I read this book, I had no idea what was going on in Dune. Sure, I knew I liked it. And yes, I read the books and watched the SciFi channel's TV mini-seires countless times. But still...in hindsight it seems I never really understood the deep philosophy behind this great work. No more! FRANK HERBERT THE WORKS by Bob Bogle took me through a step by step analysis, starting with Herbert's earliest days as a SF writer and continuing throughout his entire career. Honestly, I didn't realize how ignorant I was of Herbert's earlier writings, and never dreamed they were a formative component of Herbert's philosophical study. All of which, laid the foundation for one of science fiction's greatest novel series. Now I'm armed to the teeth and can look at Dune with new eyes. I imagine fans of all types will be greatly rewarded by reading this book, and like me will want to go back and read the entire series again.
If you just like Dune, you really should read this book. If you're a serious connoisseur or writer of science fiction, this is a MUST read.
When I was asked to review this book, I did so with some hesitancy. One expects to find an analytical book regarding an author and his works to be obscure and full of speculation, unfounded theories, and a general lack of approachability. I was pleasantly surprised to find myself mostly mistaken in my presuppositions of this book.
Mr. Bogle goes to painstaking effort to provide real examples of the premises he espouses in this book. Of particular interest to me, were the anecdotes from Mr. Herbert's life that corroborated the ideas set forth. In general I found the author's voice to be clear concise, yet somehow able to remain in the background. The entire book was about Mr. Herbert, not Mr. Bogle. For that alone, I thank him.
There were. of course, portions of this book that did not suit my tender sensibilities. The lengthy discussion of Heisenberg, Schrodinger, and n-space was information my poor little brain just will not assimilate. That Mr. Bogle knows this material well was evident, but not of particular interest to me.
Overall, I found this to be an engaging discussion of Mr. Herbert's writings and personal history. The parallels from one to the other, and the evolution of Mr. Herbert's themes was well researched and well presented. I would not hesitate to recommend this book to the interested reader.
The writing is too disjointed and either retells same details time and again or seems to jump over and omit some. I still do not have a good idea of Frank Herbert's life or writing history. Cannot recommend.
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