The Best of Frank Herbert

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The Best of Frank Herbert
AuthorFrank Herbert
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherSidgwick & Jackson
Publication date
1975
Media typePrint (Hardcover & Paperback)
Pages302 pp
ISBNISBN 0-283-98173-3 Parameter error in {{ISBNT}}: invalid character
Short story collection

The Best of Frank Herbert (1975) is a collection of thirteen short stories written by science fiction author Frank Herbert and edited by Angus Wells. In 1976 this book was re-released as a two volume set; The Best of Frank Herbert 1952 – 1964 and The Best of Frank Herbert 1965 – 1970. All of the stories in this collection had been previously published in magazine or book form.

Contents

The Best of Frank Herbert 1952-1964:

  • "Looking for Something?" - short story - Startling Stories, April 1191
  • "Nightmare Blues" - novelette - Best SF Stories and Novels, 1485
  • "Dragon in the Sea" (Excerpt) - short fiction - 1785
  • "Cease Fire" - short story - Astounding Science Fiction, January 1958
  • "Egg and Ashes" - short story - If, November 1960
  • "The Mary Celeste Move" - short story - Analog, October 1964

The Best of Frank Herbert 1965-1970:

  • "Committee of the Whole" - novelette - Galaxy Magazine, April 1965
  • "Dune" (Excerpt) - short fiction - 1965
  • "By the Book" - novelette - Analog, August 1966
  • "The Primitives" - novelette - Galaxy Magazine, April 1966
  • "The Heaven Makers" (Excerpt) - short fiction - 1967
  • "The Being Machine" (aka The Mind Bomb) - novelette - If, October 1969
  • "Seed Stock" - short story - Analog, April 1970

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