Audio: The ‘warrior and mystic, ogre and saint’ who became Paul Atreides

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Audio: The ‘warrior and mystic, ogre and saint’ who became Paul Atreides

The podcast version of Shamil, Part I: On the inspiration for Dune, ‘The Sabres of Paradise’

Johann Kurtz

May 22, 2024

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This is the audio of the first part of one of my favorite series from last year:

The ‘warrior and mystic, ogre and saint’ who became Paul Atreides

Johann Kurtz

February 14, 2023

The ‘warrior and mystic, ogre and saint’ who became Paul Atreides

I Dune is a titanic work. Its themes are grand in scale: the weight of history, man and fate, mystical immanence, ethnogenesis and environment, holy war and fanaticism, degradation and nobility. Frank Herbert - despite his genius - could not have produced such a work without drawing upon the stories of men and civilizations that came before. Today we ret…

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