I discovered the first Dune book in 1996 in a Middle School library and instead of doing my homework I read the book cover to cover. Then I played Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty.
I shared a love of the Dune novel with my best friend and we both even enjoyed the David Lynch film. But as time went on and we began reading through the Dune sequel novels we were horrified at what became of the hero we idolized in Paul Atreides.
In too many words, we fell for the trap that you wrote that Herbert laid for his readers. Great and thought provoking article.
paul is meant to represent mohammed with some random tourettes of unforgivably blaspheming The Church thrown in because the author is a you-know-who that grew up on a commune.
A smart, insightful look at DUNE. Thanks. Lynch’s film tried to sand down the bleaker edges of Herbert’s vision by making Paul seem like a true savior—literally, at the end, bringing water to the desert. But the intent of the text is far more complex.
This is an absolutely fantastic post. It reminds me of the articles back on the original “The Escapist” when it was an emagazine and before it got broken. The more like this Fandom Pulse has mixed in with the news and reviews, the more it starts to lap every other site.
Firstly, what the hell is the point of this article and what are you trying to say?
a j communist wrote a book about how much he hates God And His Church, but uses the explicit imagery and historical timelines of mohammed and islam to do it. this is "handmaids tale" but for white men instead of white women.
other than men being better at prose and less prone to rape-porn fantasies, there is nothing there in this book, especially for a Catholic.
as for elden ring, a game so inherently drenched in freemasonry, written by two fat nihlists, that it accidentally makes its own premises -that it's also trying to convince the audience of asserted over God And His Church- ugly.
I guess my point is: why are you celebrating this guy or his book or that game, or even make this post, or even why do you do anything at all if you're just going to not just "step in it" but jump on it like a kid splashing in a puddle?
A great dissection of a great work. It's an angle I never really considered. Thank you for this; it's given me a lot to mull over.
I discovered the first Dune book in 1996 in a Middle School library and instead of doing my homework I read the book cover to cover. Then I played Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty.
I shared a love of the Dune novel with my best friend and we both even enjoyed the David Lynch film. But as time went on and we began reading through the Dune sequel novels we were horrified at what became of the hero we idolized in Paul Atreides.
In too many words, we fell for the trap that you wrote that Herbert laid for his readers. Great and thought provoking article.
paul is meant to represent mohammed with some random tourettes of unforgivably blaspheming The Church thrown in because the author is a you-know-who that grew up on a commune.
This is tremendous work. Excellent analysis, Mr. Niemeier.
A smart, insightful look at DUNE. Thanks. Lynch’s film tried to sand down the bleaker edges of Herbert’s vision by making Paul seem like a true savior—literally, at the end, bringing water to the desert. But the intent of the text is far more complex.
This is an absolutely fantastic post. It reminds me of the articles back on the original “The Escapist” when it was an emagazine and before it got broken. The more like this Fandom Pulse has mixed in with the news and reviews, the more it starts to lap every other site.
“A system corrupt enough to need drastic reform is also corrupt enough to absorb any reformers.”
Brilliant and scary, isn’t it?
Firstly, what the hell is the point of this article and what are you trying to say?
a j communist wrote a book about how much he hates God And His Church, but uses the explicit imagery and historical timelines of mohammed and islam to do it. this is "handmaids tale" but for white men instead of white women.
other than men being better at prose and less prone to rape-porn fantasies, there is nothing there in this book, especially for a Catholic.
as for elden ring, a game so inherently drenched in freemasonry, written by two fat nihlists, that it accidentally makes its own premises -that it's also trying to convince the audience of asserted over God And His Church- ugly.
I guess my point is: why are you celebrating this guy or his book or that game, or even make this post, or even why do you do anything at all if you're just going to not just "step in it" but jump on it like a kid splashing in a puddle?