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Brian Herbert for Dunenovels wrote: Monday, May 22, 2006
Soul Catcher Movie Option

My father's 1972 novel Soul Catcher has been optioned for a movie by Bruce Bernhard of Cavu Films, Inc. (http://www.cavupictures.com/attractions.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) in Sherman Oaks, California. Mr. Bernhard has been interested in this project for more than a decade, and has held previous options on the book. Cavu Films is an independent studio responsible for critically acclaimed indie films such as "Silence of the Sea" and "Take Out."

Soul Catcher is Frank Herbert's classic mainstream novel about a Native American who takes an innocent white boy hostage, intending to kill him in retaliation for all the innocents of his own race who were murdered by whites. When Frank Herbert was alive, there was a great deal of interest in this story as a movie, and he was contacted by Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, and Paul Newman, among others.

Soul Catcher is currently out of print, but as with other Frank Herbert classics we are trying to find a way to republish it. If the movie gets made, we will have all the push we need.
-- BH

Monday, May 1, 2006
Penny's Guest Blog

This is a special installment from Frank Herbert's daughter Penny --

WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE CHILDREN OF DUNE

I am the daughter of Frank Herbert. He and my mother married very young and were divorced when I was a year old. Living with my mother, I have no recollection of my father until I was about 7 years old. My mother remarried and dropped me off to stay with him and my stepmother, Beverly Herbert, for two weeks. At that time, I mostly remember the thrill of having an instant brother named Brian Herbert, age 2.

Over the following years, my visits with my father were sporadic. A few weeks in the summer. A Christmas vacation. Then one summer I spent three months with my Dad and my loving stepmother. By then there were two brothers (Brian and Bruce), and I was ecstatic to be the big sister to two fun-loving little boys. I was also instantly exposed to living in the home of a science fiction writer. One day it was fun stuff -- going to the beach, going shopping, going to the movies. The next day it was being quiet while the legendary author was clicking away on his manual typewriter. If I'd known what to listen for, I am sure I could have heard the creative juices flowing.

This man, my father, was creating the incredible universe of "Dune." He was putting thousands of words on paper each day. He was a man of many words...quieting his boisterous children with just one. That word was "callate!" (pronounced kye-a-tay), the Spanish word for "Shut up!" I also remember learning many loving words from this incredible man, who would sing entire love songs in Spanish to my stepmother.

Penny

SandChigger wrote:Well, considering the people he was surrounded by, is that really surprising?


Then again, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it? It may say something about the man that his family all seem to have turned out assholes.

Monday, May 1, 2006
Penny's Guest Blog

This is a special installment from Frank Herbert's daughter Penny --

WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE ONE OF THE CHILDREN OF DUNE

I am the daughter of Frank Herbert. He and my mother married very young and were divorced when I was a year old. Living with my mother, I have no recollection of my father until I was about 7 years old. My mother remarried and dropped me off to stay with him and my stepmother, Beverly Herbert, for two weeks. At that time, I mostly remember the thrill of having an instant brother named Brian Herbert, age 2.

Over the following years, my visits with my father were sporadic. A few weeks in the summer. A Christmas vacation. Then one summer I spent three months with my Dad and my loving stepmother. By then there were two brothers (Brian and Bruce), and I was ecstatic to be the big sister to two fun-loving little boys. I was also instantly exposed to living in the home of a science fiction writer. One day it was fun stuff -- going to the beach, going shopping, going to the movies. The next day it was being quiet while the legendary author was clicking away on his manual typewriter. If I'd known what to listen for, I am sure I could have heard the creative juices flowing.

This man, my father, was creating the incredible universe of "Dune." He was putting thousands of words on paper each day. He was a man of many words...quieting his boisterous children with just one. That word was "callate!" (pronounced kye-a-tay), the Spanish word for "Shut up!" I also remember learning many loving words from this incredible man, who would sing entire love songs in Spanish to my stepmother.

Penny

Sandwurm88 wrote:I'm probably wrong about this, but TheDukester, didn't KJA have a son named Jonathan and has bragged recently about being a grandfather?? ( I don't really follow his personal life, but I recall something like that...or was it Brian?)

Sandwurm88 wrote:...Well that doesn't mean he's a grandfather. Oh man, another KJA half-truth.

Nekhrun wrote:

Sandwurm88 wrote:...Well that doesn't mean he's a grandfather. Oh man, another KJA half-truth.

I'm not ready to trash him for that without knowing more. I've known people with step-fathers who were better parents than biological fathers, so I think many deserve the title. We'll have to wait until the grandkid writes an account of what it was like in that household to know the rest.

Freakzilla wrote:I think being a step-father is close to marriage in difficulty. Sometimes more so.

Nekhrun wrote:

Sandwurm88 wrote:...Well that doesn't mean he's a grandfather. Oh man, another KJA half-truth.

I'm not ready to trash him for that without knowing more. I've known people with step-fathers who were better parents than biological fathers, so I think many deserve the title. We'll have to wait until the grandkid writes an account of what it was like in that household to know the rest.

lotek wrote:

Nekhrun wrote:

Sandwurm88 wrote:...Well that doesn't mean he's a grandfather. Oh man, another KJA half-truth.

I'm not ready to trash him for that without knowing more. I've known people with step-fathers who were better parents than biological fathers, so I think many deserve the title. We'll have to wait until the grandkid writes an account of what it was like in that household to know the rest.

so if Bobo became a failed writer because he's dad was so good at it(long story short), it means that one growing up with the Hack could well become one one the best writers of his generation

Nekhrun wrote:

lotek wrote:

Nekhrun wrote:

Sandwurm88 wrote:...Well that doesn't mean he's a grandfather. Oh man, another KJA half-truth.

I'm not ready to trash him for that without knowing more. I've known people with step-fathers who were better parents than biological fathers, so I think many deserve the title. We'll have to wait until the grandkid writes an account of what it was like in that household to know the rest.

so if Bobo became a failed writer because he's dad was so good at it(long story short), it means that one growing up with the Hack could well become one one the best writers of his generation

If he wants to follow the pattern of children rebelling against their parents he'd have to.

Orthodox wrote:

Nekhrun wrote:

lotek wrote:

Nekhrun wrote:

Sandwurm88 wrote:...Well that doesn't mean he's a grandfather. Oh man, another KJA half-truth.

I'm not ready to trash him for that without knowing more. I've known people with step-fathers who were better parents than biological fathers, so I think many deserve the title. We'll have to wait until the grandkid writes an account of what it was like in that household to know the rest.

so if Bobo became a failed writer because he's dad was so good at it(long story short), it means that one growing up with the Hack could well become one one the best writers of his generation

If he wants to follow the pattern of children rebelling against their parents he'd have to.

This must be another reason he didn't have kids. Too much threat to his time and career. That and I don't think he'd want to deal with combovers other than his. "This is my jacket, you can't have it!"

Nekhrun wrote:

Orthodox wrote:

Nekhrun wrote:

lotek wrote:

Nekhrun wrote:

Sandwurm88 wrote:...Well that doesn't mean he's a grandfather. Oh man, another KJA half-truth.

I'm not ready to trash him for that without knowing more. I've known people with step-fathers who were better parents than biological fathers, so I think many deserve the title. We'll have to wait until the grandkid writes an account of what it was like in that household to know the rest.

so if Bobo became a failed writer because he's dad was so good at it(long story short), it means that one growing up with the Hack could well become one one the best writers of his generation

If he wants to follow the pattern of children rebelling against their parents he'd have to.

This must be another reason he didn't have kids. Too much threat to his time and career. That and I don't think he'd want to deal with combovers other than his. "This is my jacket, you can't have it!"

I'm sure he thinks that jacket is going into a museum some day in stead of a thrift store where it will later be picked up as part of some kid's homeless guy ensemble.