The Siuslaw Public Library and City Lights Cinemas in Florence are hosting a series of events commemorating Frank Herbert’s Dune. More information available here. • Saturday, Oct. 23rd @ 3:30 ...

The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, 40 miles of coast between Florence and Coos Bay, is a popular destination for hiking, beachgoing, off-roading and camping, among other activities.

The prospect of dune invasion was what brought a young journalist named Frank Herbert to Florence in the 1950s. Sand dunes near Florence were threatening to cover houses, roadways, railroad tracks ...

When Frank Herbert saw how ecologists had manipulated the sands of Oregon's coast, it would influence his sci-fi novel Dune – but in the present day, that human intervention has triggered ...

A century ago, coastal dunes threatened to overwhelm the city of Florence, Oregon. The sand swallowed roads, highways and houses. When “Dune” author Frank Herbert visited the area in 1957, he ...

There are plenty of things to do in Florence, Oregon for all of you adventurous souls out there! Tackle some beautiful ...

The Oregon Dunes National Recreational Area spans over 40 miles and runs from Florence in the north to Coos Bay in the south.

The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area provides plenty of elbow room to stretch out and play: ... The Oregon Dunes is 32,000 acres from Florence to Coos Bay that offers endless sand dunes ...

But this sandy universe was largely inspired by a place right here on Earth: The sweeping sand dune ecosystem along the central Oregon coast. In the mid-1950s, Herbert visited Florence, Oregon ...

When Frank Herbert wrote Dune he was a newspaper reporter in Florence, Oregon. The stark sand world that inspired his sci-fi classic is still orbiting the central Oregon Coast. Even without the ...