Michael Stribling for God Emperor of Dune art!!!
Full Post: https://naladahc.substack.com/p/michael-stribling-for-god-emperor
Artist: Michael Stribling - https://www.deviantart.com/strib
#GodEmperorOfDune
Be a God Emperor, not a goddamned worm.
My all-time favorite character in all of fiction is Leto Atriedes II from Frank Herbert's original Dune novels.
And my all-time favorite fan interpretation of what he might have looked like late into his metamorphosis.
Artist: Michael Stribling (https://www.deviantart.com/strib)
I really don't want this book to end! then I think that there's only 2 books left after this... I kind of panic and think about what I'm going to read next, I mean following this has got to be hard but I need it.
What a book! I am blown away by the provocative thoughts that come from this book. Frank Herbert was a true craftsman able to bring visions of thoughts of the complex emotions that make us human from an interesting viewpoint that was previously unknown and yet so compelling.
Wow
Just wow
Evidently what you thought might be the end can in fact be the beginning of a whole new level of crazy.
Frank Herbert continues to impress me with his craft.
Truly a delight to be along for the ride
Can finally get back to reading #godemperorofdune now
Both Dune Messiah and Children of Dune turned out to be a lot better than I remembered. God Emperor of Dune, however, did not.
It’s certainly an ambitious book, trying to tell the story of 3500 year old entity with memories going back to the dawn of humanity, but it all falls a bit flat for me.
For me the problem with this novel is twofold.
The first problem is that not much happens. There is very little narrative in here and what we have instead is the human/sandworm hybrid of Leto II sharing his millennia-old wisdom with those around him, and then being either amused or annoyed when they fail to keep up with him.
This leads into the second problem, which is that for someone who has direct memories of the whole of humanity, his insights are remarkably similar to those of a middle aged man living in the second half of the 20th Century.
There are some interesting themes and ideas in here but, for far too much of the novel, it just feels like Frank Herbert pontificating.
https://blog.lightlyseared.online/2024/07/12/revisiting-arrakis-god-emperor-of-dune/
I never knew I needed this so much in my life.
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> One of the most terrible words in any language is Soldier. The synonyms parade through our history: yogahnee, trooper, hussar, kareebo, cossack, deranzeef, legionnaire, sardaukar, fish speaker … I know them all. They stand there in the ranks of my memory to remind me: Always make sure you have the army with you. —The Stolen Journals
#FrankHerbert #GodEmperorOfDune #TolstoyInfluence? #Soldier #SoldierWord
> "... He is every soldier in human history. He offered to parade for me a series of examples—famous military figures who were frozen in adolescence. I declined the offer. I have read my history with care and have recognized this characteristic for myself.”...
I just finished God Emperor of Dune. It was interesting. I missed the political intregue of the other three books, as well as the crysknives, though. I worry that makes me appear primitive though lol "Hoogachaka hoogachaka where stabby knives? Where spies and assassins? Hoogachaka hoogachaka"
#Dune #GodEmperorOfDune
Moneo "You're being a homophobic ass so I'll make you fall on your ass" Atreides vs Duncan "I'm angry that I've been revived 3000 years past my death so I'm channeling that anger into homophobia" Idaho lol
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"Police are inevitably corrupted."
A based quote from known leftist figure *record scratch * God Emperor Leto Atreides the Second?!
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Me: The lesson from Children of Dune is that for humanity to survive it must look ahead multiple generations and not destroy the environment for short term game.
Frank Herbert in God Emperor: Actually what I meant was eugenics. Also no homo.
Me: 🤮
I have finished reading God Emperor of Dune. It ended exactly as it must, but I’m still not certain what to think of it. So far it’s my least favorite book, mostly because of the homophobia.
My recommendation is to probably stop at book 2 or 3.
But I shall forge ahead anyway.
I see that Herbert believes in traditional marriage, between a woman and an immortal sandworm hybrid.
I’m going to tell my kids this is Lord Leto II, God Emperor of Dune.
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