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>Everything after the first book was trash
>Leto's arc was unoriginal and contradicted the point of Paul's arc
>Fans of the series never read anything outside of this and may be Harry Potter, and still believe that Frank Herbert left a floppy disk with ideas for 18 other books for his son and his son's boyfriend to write

Why are we still keeping the Dune meme alive again?

>> No.16816584

> Why are we still keeping the Dune meme alive again?
Besides Dune being a good book (which is rare for sci-fi), I truly believe that a big reason it persists in culture is because George Lucas shamelessly ripped off so many elements. People watch Star Wars, want to learn more, and eventually find their way to Dune, which is of course far superior.

>> No.16817500

>>16816552
>he thinks it's a political drama
It's about evolution. Stick to comics.

>> No.16817544

>>16817500
In a way it is a satire of evolution taken to its extreme by a logical proposition of the fallacy of argument ad absurdum.