Frank Herbert

This celebrity goo was created by player Dan Donovan.
Scott Hardie provided the source image, gooed image, category, and difficulty, wrote the clue, and wrote the explanation.

publication date: Monday, August 13, 2001 (part of Round XIV)

category: Literature

clue: This guy's books about spice, worms, and a lot of sand became the best-selling science fiction series ever.

explanation: Herbert's most famous book was Dune, about two clans fighting for control of a desert planet that was home to a valuable spice, but also humongous sand worms. The success of the book led to a series of novels called The Dune Chronicles, which, at the time this goo went online, was the best-selling science fiction series of all time. more…

solved by: Matthew Preston, Denise Sawicki, Mike Eberhart, Dave Mitzman, Aaron Fischer, Christine Marie Doiron, Kelly Hardie, Kelly Stokes, Amir H. Sufyani, Jeff Flom, Brannan Conrad, Joel DeClue, and Greg Webster

trivia: This goo was part of Round Fourteen, in which each goo was selected by a player. This goo was chosen by Dan Donovan. Scott erred in thinking that few players would be able to recognize this goo.