Readers of the original Dune books by Frank Herbert will want to continue with the series taken over by his son, Brian, as well as exploring Brian's other fiction and his nonfiction,...

These world-building authors create thought-provoking science fiction by invoking engaging characters in fascinating settings with imaginative technology. The schisms and alliances...

Wil McCarthy and Frank Herbert share a penchant for galaxy-spanning science fiction. Their work is focused on immortality -- attained either through a natural substance or highly sophisticated...

In their intricately plotted and sweeping science fiction epics, both N.K. Jemisin and Frank Herbert create worlds with complex mythologies and characters forced to make difficult decisions...

Alien worlds spring vividly to life in the works of Frank Herbert and Arkady Martine. Impressive world-building and creatively imagined nuances among alien cultures set the stage for...

Both Frank Herbert and Neon Yang write sweeping space operas that incorporate complex mythological and political elements. Herbert's writing tends to be more descriptive than Yang's...

Fans of Frank Herbert's epic science fiction series Dune will appreciate Seth Dickinson's science fiction and epic fantasy novels. Both authors create intricately plotted stories with...

Fans of high concept, sweeping science fiction epics will enjoy the works of Frank Herbert and Cixin Liu. Both authors write stories that intensify as they progress, but Liu's tales...

Both China Mieville and Frank Herbert create inventive and intricately plotted science fiction novels featuring detailed world-building that vividly describe life, politics, and commerce...

Though Tamsyn Muir's work is snarkier than Frank Herbert's more serious writing, both are known for writing dramatic and complex science fiction with deeply intricate world building....

Readers who enjoy speculative fiction featuring intricate world-building will appreciate the work of Frank Herbert and Ken Liu. Both Herbert's space operas and Liu's Asian-influenced...

Science fiction authors Frank Herbert and Kim Stanley Robinson create richly detailed worlds set on alien planes inhabited by large casts of characters whose ideas and backgrounds vary...