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pahlimur@lemmy.world 2 days agoI’d not looked into Frank before now, but I’ve read 2.5 of the dune books. It’s weird to see he was a self described conservative and libertarian. The whole dune story seems to mock everything he stands for politically. It’s like he was completely unaware of the power structures he was writing about exist across all US (and non-US) political parties.
yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 2 days ago
The story glorifies a eugenically engineered monarchy and waxes poetic about the evils of homosexuality.
pahlimur@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah, but that isn’t why people like it. Like Harry potter and Wizarding world of the transphobe.
yeahiknow3@lemmings.world 2 days ago
You expressed surprise that Herbert is a rabid conservative. I pointed out that the book you claim to like is literally a celebration of modern fascism.
Correct. People who like Dune generally like it because it’s the biggest book they’ve read, not because they were paying attention to the prose or narrative quality of its boot-licking plotline.
pahlimur@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The storyline is a fascism. Frank thought libertarianism would stop what he was writing about. He didn’t want fascism but wrote about it. The second book is mostly about Paul falling apart and dying. Even though he thought he could follow a perfect path to being a perfect leader.
I personally don’t care much about literary complexity. I find it interesting, and that’s all that matters to me. If you disagree, that’s fine too.