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Not to be confused with Frank Herbert, author of dune.

... who died in 1986

What makes it more confusing is that he also wrote Science Fiction.

I knew him as an author of “Ypsilon Minus” (sci-fi anti utopia.) Easy reading, liked it a lot when I was kid. Sad to see him go.

Sounds like quite the polymath.

I had never heard of him, until now.

It seems the world is a slightly darker place, now.

Thanks for letting us know about him.

obituary in german:

and a longer interview in german about his work from two years ago:

Herbert W. Franke has died