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February 21, 2019

Dune – Plots and Plans – Extra Sci Fi – #2

Filed under: Books, Media — Tags: , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Extra Credits
Published on 19 Feb 2019

On the surface, Dune appears to be a peak demonstration of “the competent man” trope so popular in Golden Age science fiction, but Herbert deconstructs this by carefully demonstrating how all of the characters make bad assumptions on faulty premises…

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