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Byron Merritt Interview


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Here is the full interview:

1) Do you believe living around such a creatively gifted family as yours has proven to be, has been an influence on your own writing skills and styles?

Byron: I hope so! I spent many summers with my grandfather (Frank Herbert) before he passed away. He often read stories that I'd written and had given me pointers on characterizations, plots and prose. I talk to Brian Herbert (my uncle) frequently, too. He always asks me what I'm working on and gives me ideas and support. So, yes, it has influenced me tremendously.

2) What were your first impressions of your grandfather, Frank Herbert's Dune novels when you first read them?

Byron: Mind blowing. It was unlike anything I'd ever read before. Reading Dune truly changed the way I looked at literature. I looked back at some of the previous novels I'd read and laughed at them after I'd finished reading Dune. It set the bar incredibly high for the science fiction genre (and the literary world in general). There are few novels that do this

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