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1963

Herbert got to work and delivered the manuscript in November 1963, resigned to the idea that his trilogy would never be published in book form.

In 1963, his agent sold the first 85,000 words of the saga to Analog magazine to be published in three installments.

1965

But in 1965, an unlikely book publisher contacted Herbert's agent, and said he wanted to publish the Dune material that he had read in Analog.

1969

Frank Herbert interviewing Roy Prosterman, Seattle, September 19, 1969

By 1969, the second Dune book, Dune Messiah, was published.

1972

Until 1972, when he began to write full-time, Herbert held a variety of jobs while writing socially engaged science fiction.

1977

Herbert got his first book tour, visiting 21 cities in 31 days, including an appearance on the "NBC Today Show." By 1977, sales of the now completed trilogy had reached 8 million copies.

1980

In 1980, Beverly had been diagnosed with lung cancer, was increasingly frail, and wanted to spend time in a warmer climate.

1983

She also wrote a few short essays, including “Romance and High Adventure” (1983), devoted to Alabama history.

1984

Beverly Herbert died in February 1984.

Kyle MacLachlan and Frank Herbert, set of Dune (Universal Pictures, 1984) by David Lynch

1985

In 1985, the sixth Dune book, Chapterhouse: Dune was an immediate best seller around the world.

2008

Oregon Dunes National Recreaton Area, near Florence, Oregon, June 21, 2008

2015

She wrote the novel Go Set a Watchman before To Kill a Mockingbird, but it was not published until 2015.

2021

In 2021 French Canadian director Denis Villeneuve released another film adaptation, which was based on the first half of Dune.

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