Posted on 09/28/2006 3:45:24 PM PDT by Nachum
There are lots of things in the setting that work out like that:
Frement = muslims
spice = oil
dune = middle east
etc.
but as far as the plot goes, I don't see much of a fit.
And I just don't get God Emperor of Dune. Can someone explain that one to me?
That's where I learned the word "jihad". I feel like I remember a lot of it, but it's certain things that stand out. For example, his vision of the jihad which rose like a mountain before him, so that even if he didn't see the path to it, he knew of its inevitable arrival. Sometimes I feel that way about a Hillary presidency.
Care to jump in, pal?..................FRegards
The parallels are interesting but not complete.
Regards, Ivan
Seems there is a lot to read into it.
The buddislamics and the Orange Catholic bible imply the melding of currently immisciable religous groups. It is a story, enjoy it for what it is.
Eh.... Seems well covered here in the main.
Tolkien would have bristled at the idea that his fantasy-work was thematic... yet it is inescapable. Peter Jackson put a fine edge upon the anti-industrial idea by portraying Saruman ripping up the forest and gouging the earth for great weapons forges; the 'revenge of the trees' harkens back to ancient Nordic tales. ...and of course the whole treatment of war in LOTR conjures spectres of Tolkien's WWI experiences of horror and futility.
As for DUNE, I have always presumed that Herbert probably thought that obscure Muslim terms would never enter the popular lexicon... but I am not a real student of Herbert or his world-views.
FRODO LIVES!!! ;-)
FReegards...
I have them on tape, but it jest ain't the same....
Or get the DVDs.
I have been thinking the same thing for many years.
Dune:
http://www.amazon.com/Frank-Herberts-Miniseries-Directors-Special/dp/B0000639EV/sr=1-2/qid=1159990473/ref=sr_1_2/002-3424602-6364837?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
Children of Dune:
http://www.amazon.com/Frank-Herberts-Children-Dune-Miniseries/dp/B00008RUYH/sr=1-1/qid=1159990473/ref=sr_1_1/002-3424602-6364837?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
The fat guy that blows up reminds me of Michael Moore.
Ah well, nothing is as interesting as the book, is it.
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