In the appendices to Dune, Frank Herbert refers to a book by Pander Oulson, a transparent anagram of Poul Anderson. How many other characters, major, minor, or single appearance, are fictionalizations of real people, whether tuckerized, roman à clef, or other disguise?
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1Loosely related (by the thread of names that are anagrams): What was the wordplay in the name Irulan?– Peregrine RookNov 14, 2015 at 1:54
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1Krefter Brahn (an anagram of Frank Herbert) appears in one of the Dune sequels written by Herbert's son's ghostwriter.– ValorumAug 9, 2020 at 9:38
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There is at least one other deliberate anagramatisation in the Dune novels;
"For a more detailed study [of Krimskell Fiber] see Holjance Vohnbrook's 'The Strangler Vines of Ecaz' "
Holjance Vohnbrook is an anagram of John Holbrook Vance, the real name of Jack Vance, a contemporary of Frank Herbert on the scifi book circuit.
answered Nov 14, 2015 at 0:17
The name of the character Piter DeVries has always seemed to me a reference to American author Peter DeVries. I know of no connection between him and Herbert but it seems obvious.
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1This feels like a guess based on the fact that the names are similar. Now, if you could prove some sort of connection between them...– ValorumAug 9, 2020 at 9:34