Talk:John Schoenherr

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[edit] Herbert's opinion of his work

I'm not really sure how to integrate this quote, but it seems Frank Herbert loved The Illustrated Dune; in "Dune Genesis" he writes:

You can imagine my surprise to learn that John Schoenherr, one of the world's most foremost wildlife artists and illustrators, had been living in my head with the same images. People find it difficult to believe that John and I had no consultations prior to his painting of the Dune illustrations. I assure you that the paintings were a wonderful surprise to me.
The Sardaukar appear like the weathered stones of Dune. The Baron's paunch could absorb a world. The ornithopters are insects preying on the land. The sandworms are Earth shipworms grown monstrous. Stilgar glares out at us with the menace of a warlock.
What especially pleases me is to see the interwoven themes, the fuguelike relationships of images that exactly replay the way Dune took shape.

--Gwern (contribs) 23:57 14 March 2008 (GMT)

[edit] Herbert's Opinion of his work

Not being a Herbert fan, I've never read Dune Genesis and couldn't cite the reference properly. There is no reason not to put it in before the Anne McCaffrey sentence (which would obviously become a new paragraph) and someone could fix it later if it looks wrong.Jplatt39 (talk) 17:01, 15 March 2008 (UTC)