/ Frank Herbert /
..
"I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Some people never observe
anything, Life just happens to them. They get by on little more than a
kind of dumb persistence, and they resist with anger and resentment
anything that might lift them out of that false serenity."
..
"Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author
best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he
became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as
a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological
consultant, and lecturer. The Dune saga, set in the distant future, and
taking place over millennia, explores complex themes, such as the
long-term survival of the human species, human evolution, planetary
science and ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics,
economics and power in a future where humanity has long since developed
interstellar travel and settled many thousands of worlds. Dune is the
best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the entire series is
considered to be among the classics of the genre."
W Born: Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr, October 08, 1920, Tacoma, Washington,
U.S.
Died: February 11, 1986, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation: Novelist
Alma mater: University of Washington (no degree)
Period: 1945–1986
Genre: Science fiction
Literary movement: New Wave
Children: 3, including Brian

On Wed, 05 Apr 2023 10:36:33 -0700, a425couple wrote:

> / Frank Herbert /
> .
> "I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Some people never observe
> anything, Life just happens to them. They get by on little more than a
> kind of dumb persistence, and they resist with anger and resentment
> anything that might lift them out of that false serenity."
> .
> "Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author
> best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he
> became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as
> a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological

Another SF writer who was a journalist, hmm. How many SF authors
have been journalists at one time or another? Indeed, what's the
/percentage/ of SF authors who came from journalism?

On 4/6/23 00:50, Charles Packer wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Apr 2023 10:36:33 -0700, a425couple wrote:
>
>> / Frank Herbert /
>> .
>> "I don’t think it’s quite that simple. Some people never observe
>> anything, Life just happens to them. They get by on little more than a
>> kind of dumb persistence, and they resist with anger and resentment
>> anything that might lift them out of that false serenity."
>> .
>> "Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. was an American science fiction author
>> best known for the 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. Though he
>> became famous for his novels, he also wrote short stories and worked as
>> a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological
>
>
> Another SF writer who was a journalist, hmm. How many SF authors
> have been journalists at one time or another? Indeed, what's the
> /percentage/ of SF authors who came from journalism?

A quick look, revealed only --

Which fiction writers started as journalists?
Is a move to book writing like leaping from the frying pan to the fire?
The list of journalists-turned-author is legion, including Charles
Dickens, Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Joan Didion, Carl Hiaasen, Susan
Sontag, and Michael Connelly.Dec 6, 2011

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