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The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called spannungsbogen—which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing. —FROM THE WISDOM OF MUAD’DIB BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

Frank Herbert

The Fremen were supreme in that quality the ancients called spannungsbogen—which is the self-imposed delay between desire for a thing and the act of reaching out to grasp that thing. —FROM THE WISDOM OF MUAD’DIB BY THE PRINCESS IRULAN

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About Frank Herbert

Franklin Patrick Herbert Jr. (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was an American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels. He also wrote short stories and worked as a newspaper journalist, photographer, book reviewer, ecological consultant, and lecturer.
Dune is the best-selling science fiction novel of all time, and the series is a classic of the science-fiction genre. The series has been adapted numerous times, including the feature film David Lynch's Dune (1984), the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune (2000) and Children of Dune (2003), and a motion picture trilogy currently in production, with Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024) having been released.