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Carson's avatar

Awesome essay, reading these has seriously enriched my reading of Dune!

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Brandon D's avatar

If I recall correctly, Herbert was upset by how many people liked Paul and viewed him as a hero, and he felt compelled to write the sequels to undo that. Of course, that may actual point out the Great Man Theory has more merit than Herbert would like to admit when one consider that even in Herbert's fictional work designed to undermine the Great Man theory people accepted Paul as a Great Man.

Or maybe it is just ironic?

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