

“ had recordings that his father had made…We used those as a guide.” They’re up to about 1,900 now. “We started with the 500 words in the original volume,” Brick explained.

He told us about how he got in touch with Frank Herbert’s son Brian early in the process, and how they “just hit it off.” Over time, he even created the Dune phonetic glossary, an index of all the made-up words in the series and how to pronounce them correctly. Vance and Brick worked together on several of Frank Herbert’s original six Dune books, but for the prequels and sequels, Brick has flown pretty much solo, becoming the go-to guy whenever Macmillan Audio wants to record another installment of the saga.Īnd Brick sounds just fine with that, considering that Dune is one of his favorite series of all time.

Scott Brick is “a pillar of the Dune universe”
