Frank Herbert, author best-known for his science-fiction novel Dune, passed away 36 years ago today. The universe created by Herbert in Dune was nothing short of a phenomenon, winning both the Hugo and Nebula awards, and selling over 12 million copies. In an exclusive introduction to the Folio edition, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda examines the origins of Herbert’s unlikely success. For Folio's edition of the novel, Sam Weber created acutely detailed illustrations that perfectly ca