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Joseph Brassey@josephbrassey.bsky.social |
Frank Herbert wrote Dune because he was terrified of JFK. Specifically because the public adulation and feverish love that would later be called the Camelot mythology around the Kennedys frightened the hell out of him. It inspired him to write a book deconstructing the myth of the hero leader.
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Carl Pavlock
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Then people still didn't get it so he kept making it more obvious in books until finally there was a worm king?
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meeting Mayz
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So, Dune is like the creative version of a political science thesis. Interesting.
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The Woker
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“Use the voice Kennedy” “Err ahh”
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