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1、HereticsofDuneFrankHerbertApril1984WhenIwaswritingDune...therewasnoroominmymindforconcernsaboutthebook'ssuccessorfailure.Iwasconcernedonlywiththewriting.SixyearsofresearchhadprecededthedayIsatdowntoputthestorytogether,andtheinterweavingofthemanyplotlayersIhadplannedrequire
2、dadegreeofconcentrationIhadneverbeforeexperienced.ItwastobeastoryexploringthemythoftheMessiah.Itwastoproduceanotherviewofahuman-occupiedplanetasanenergymachine.Itwastopenetratetheinterlockedworkingsofpoliticsandeconomics.Itwastobeanexaminationofabsolutepredictionanditspitf
3、alls.Itwastohaveanawarenessdruginitandtellwhatcouldhappenthroughdependenceonsuchasubstance.Potablewaterwastobeananalogforoilandforwateritself,asubstancewhosesupplydiminisheseachday.Itwastobeanecologicalnovel,then,withmanyovertones,aswellasastoryaboutpeopleandtheirhumanconc
4、ernswithhumanvalues,andIhadtomonitoreachoftheselevelsateverystageinthebook.Therewasn'troominmyheadtothinkaboutmuchelse.Followingthefirstpublication,reportsfromthepublisherswereslowand,asitturnedout,inaccurate.Thecriticshadpannedit.Morethantwelvepublishershadturneditdownbef
5、orepublication.Therewasnoadvertising.Somethingwashappeningoutthere,though.Fortwoyears,Iwasswampedwithbookstoreandreadercomplaintsthattheycouldnotgetthebook.TheWholeEarthCatalogpraisedit.IkeptgettingthesetelephonecallsfrompeopleaskingmeifIwerestartingacult.Theanswer:"Godno!
6、"WhatI'mdescribingistheslowrealizationofsuccess.BythetimethefirstthreeDunebookswerecompleted,therewaslittledoubtthatthiswasapopularwork--oneofthemostpopularinhistory,Iamtold,withsometenmillioncopiessoldworldwide.Nowthemostcommonquestionpeopleaskis:"Whatdoesthissuccessmeant
7、oyou?"Itsurprisesme.Ididn'texpectfailureeither.ItwasaworkandIdidit.PartsofDuneMessiahandChildrenofDunewerewrittenbeforeDunewascompleted.Theyfleshedoutmoreinthewriting,buttheessentialstoryremainedintact.IwasawriterandIwaswriting.ThesuccessmeantIcouldspendmoretimewriting.Loo
8、kingbackonit,IrealizeIdidtherightthinginstinctively.Youdon'twriteforsuccess.Thattakespart
