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Dune trilogy to S&S

20.05.08 Graeme Neill

Simon & Schuster has paid two "good" six-figure sums for UK and Commonwealth rights in two new series by science fiction authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson.

The first series is a new trilogy in the long-running science fiction series Dune. The first volume in the series, Jessica of Dune, is scheduled for an autumn 2009 release in trade paperback. The other books in the series are Irulan of Dune and Leto of Dune for releases in 2011 and 2013 respectively.

The authors are also working on the first three volumes of another series, Hellhole. The first book in the series will be published in autumn 2010 and the next volumes in the series will be published on alternate years.

The rights were sold by Claire Roberts at Trident Media Group on behalf of John Silbersack and Robert Gottlieb to Simon & Schuster senior fiction editor Kate Lyall-Grant. The books will be published by Tor Books in the US. S&S publishes Anderson's Saga of the Seven Suns series.

"We are absolutely delighted to be continuing to publish Kevin J. Anderson, a master storyteller who is considered one of the best in his field," said Lyall-Grant. "We are also thrilled to be welcoming Brian Herbert to S&S in this exciting new joint venture." Brian Herbert is the eldest son of Dune author Frank Herbert.

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By Drew

I think it is sort of sad how they have blatantly used whatever means necessary to get whatever profit from Frank Herbert's literary genius as possible.

29 May 08 23:35

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By Sacha

From the beginning it was agreed they would work on finishing Frank Herbert's work based on the manuscript they had for the untitled 'Dune 7'and it felt alright for me. Now... the goal of profits gives way to promises that will not be kept and so we get prequels that do not matter, offshoots that will be bought but will have no weight in the original scheme of things. I am disappointed in both Brian and Kevin, the first for failing to live up to what the original Dune was all about, the second for bringing his over-inflated Star Wars pedigree to a series that did not need it.

30 May 08 06:55

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