The Fullerton Archives: Rejecting Frank Herbert

Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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⁠⁠Abu⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ begin their coverage of the Frank Herbert Papers collection at Cal State Fullerton, bringing you Leo's in-the-moment reactions along with a thorough look at Dune's road to publication through the lens of the many rejection letters Frank and his literary agent received. This episode contains LIGHT SPOILERS for Dune, Dune Messiah and Children of Dune. Get ad-free episodes and bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar⁠⁠ Say thank you with a tip: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch video versions of select episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://gomjabbar.shop Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, I'm on the Cal State Fullerton campus now and walking to where I'm going to be meeting our friends.
0:16.0	God, this music is so cheerful. I'm nervous. I'm really nervous.
0:21.7	It's a beautiful campus.
0:23.2	The weather's nice.
0:23.9	I've got a couple of...
0:24.5	In April 2025, I made a really special trip out to Fullerton, California.
0:29.9	I was there on the invitation of Patricia Prestonary,
0:33.4	the archivist and special collections librarian at Pollock Library. To say that I was excited about this
0:41.3	trip would be a massive understatement. I was literally having dreams about this stuff last night.
0:48.4	I'm worried I'm going to find too much. I'm worried I'm going to find too little. And I'm so
0:53.6	excited. I'm so hopeful.
0:55.0	But I'm also really nervous because it feels like there's a lot riding on this. I don't know what.
1:00.0	But that's how it feels.
1:03.0	All right, here we go.
1:08.0	Patricia is a huge Dune fan, and she had reached out to us earlier this year after finding
1:14.7	the podcast.
1:15.9	She had told us that she worked at the university and then made us an offer that we couldn't
1:21.1	turn down.
1:22.1	Hi.
1:23.1	Hi.
1:24.1	Hi.
1:25.1	My name is Leo.
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