Frank Herbert's Dune, 50 Years On

An anonymous reader writes: This October will be the 50th anniversary of Frank Herbert's massively popular and influential sci-fi novel Dune. The Guardian has written a piece examining its effects on the world at large, and how the book remains relevant even now. Quoting: 'Books read differently as the world reforms itself around them, and the Dune of 2015 has geopolitical echoes that it didn't in 1965, before the oil crisis and 9/11. ... As Paul's destiny becomes clear to him, he begins to have visions 'of fanatic legions following the green and black banner of the Atreides, pillaging and burning across the universe in the name of their prophet Muad'Dib.' If Paul accepts this future, he will be responsible for 'the jihad's bloody swords,' unleashing a nomad war machine that will up-end the corrupt and oppressive rule of the emperor Shaddam IV (good) but will kill untold billions (not so good) in the process. In 2015, the story of a white prophet leading a blue-eyed brown-skinned horde of jihadis against a ruler called Shaddam produces a weird funhouse mirror effect, as if someone has jumbled up recent history and stuck the pieces back together in a different order."

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Re:The author doesn't understand Herbert

[Karmashock]

Okay... lets be straight.

1. Reputable news organization? Debatable.

2. The glowing piece also claimed ownership of his work effectively within the ideological camp of the paper. That was the core my disagreement with the fellow. If he had just said nice things about Herbert that would have been one thing. It was the whole age of Aquarius thing that was unacceptable.

3. As to your presumption to judge the posting history of someone that logs in while yourself being an AC... that you can't grasp the mindblowing levels of hypocrisy in that action then you're too stupid to be credited with a having a dead rat's worth of wisdom. If I were like you... and posted as AC... could you make that comment? You couldn't.

And I have an EXCELLENT Karma rating. What is your Karma rating? Zero.

And yet you presume to judge my posting history? Who the fuck are you to do that, mr ac?

Glad we got that straight. ;-)