The ‘warrior and mystic, ogre and saint’ who became Paul Atreides
Shamil, Part I: On the inspiration for Dune, ‘The Sabres of Paradise’
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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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