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A Year of Eating

On the 7th of November 2020 I began experimenting with the way I eat. I had been thinking about making changes around food for some time prior in order to explore ways in addressing the many clear deficiencies I could see in the food of modernity. As something so close,…

Frank Herbert and Proto-Complexity

Frank Herbert (1920-1986), while most famous for his novel Dune and its sequels, is also, I have discovered whilst pouring through every old interview and speech of his I could find, actually even more interesting as being someone who could be considered an earlier thinker in the…

Frank Herbert UCLA Speech 17/4/1985 – Transcript

Audio from the archives of the UCLA Campus Events Commission. Digitized 2015.

Frank Herbert Fullerton Archival Audio – Transcripts

Transcripts of archival tapes from California State University, Fullerton, Paulina June & George Pollak Library

Frank Herbert Waldenbooks Tape Interview (with David Lynch) – Transcript

Waldenbooks tape interview with Frank Herbert and David Lynch about the upcoming 1984 Dune film then further Frank Herbert interview.

Frank Herbert Magazine Interview Sources

Collected scans of magazine primary sources.

Frank Herbert 1969 Willis E. McNelly DUNE Tape Interview – Transcript

Willis E. McNelly interviews Frank (and Bev) Herbert at home about Dune and its origins.

Frank Herbert Masterpost

Collection of available Frank Herbert sources.

Living A Life Of Gift-Giving

Friends should provide their friends with weapons and clothing; this kind of generosity shows. Generous mutual giving is the key to lifelong friendship.

My Property World

Notes on the property investment classic.