The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert

The Collected Stories of Frank Herbert is the most complete collection of Herbert's short fiction ever assembled-thirty-seven stories originally published between 1952 and 1979, plus one story, "The Daddy Box," that has never been appeared before.

Frank Herbert, the New York Times bestselling author of Dune, is one of the most celebrated and commercially successful science fiction writers of all time. But while best known for originating the character of Paul Atreides and the desert world of Arrakis, Herbert was also a prolific writer of short fiction. His stories were published individually in numerous pulps and anthologies spanning decades, but never collected. Until now.

FRANK HERBERT (1920-1986) was the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning creator of the Dune saga, and the New York Times bestselling author of the first five novels in the series, including Dune and Children of Dune.

Table of Contents

Introduction (1975) ………………………………………………………………………………………………...………………………...1

Looking for Something? (1952) ……………………………………………………………………………...………………………….13

Operation Syndrome (1954) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………27

The Gone Dogs (1954) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….84

Pack Rat Planet (1954) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….108

Rat Race (1955) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….156

Occupation Force (1955) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………182

The Nothing (1956) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………187

Cease Fire (1958) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….200

A Matter of Traces (1958) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….220

Old Rambling House (1958) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….233

You Take the High Road (1958) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………243

Missing Link (1959) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………255

Operation Haystack (1959) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….284

The Priests of Psi (1960) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………321

Egg and Ashes (1960) .............................................................................................................................384

A-W-F, Unlimited (1961) ........................................................................................................................391

Mating Call (1961) .................................................................................................................................431

Try to Remember (1961) .......................................................................................................................451

Mindfienld (1962) .................................................................................................................................490

The Tactful Saboteur (1964) .................................................................................................................535

The Mary Celeste Move (1964) ............................................................................................................576

Greenslaves (1965) ..............................................................................................................................584

Committee of the Whole (1965) ..........................................................................................................605

The GM Effect (1965) ...........................................................................................................................624

The Primitives (1966) ...........................................................................................................................640

Escape Felicity (1966) ...........................................................................................................................673

By the Book (1966) ...............................................................................................................................699

The Featherbedders (1967) ..................................................................................................................725

The Being Machine (1969) ....................................................................................................................761

Seed Stock (1970) .................................................................................................................................782

Murder Will In (1970) ...........................................................................................................................795

Passage for Piano (1973) ......................................................................................................................824

Gambling Device (1973) .......................................................................................................................845

Encounter in a Lonely Place (1973) ......................................................................................................854

Death of a City (1973) ..........................................................................................................................863

Come to the Party (1978, with F.M. Busby) ........................................................................................872

Songs of a Sentient Flute (1979) .........................................................................................................899

Frogs and Scientist (1979) ...................................................................................................................940

Feathered Pigs (1979)..........................................................................................................................942

The Daddy Box ....................................................................................................................................944

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