http://www.scifi-review.net/dune-by-frank-herbert.html Various reviews related to Science Fiction in books, movies, TV, and games Sun, 01 Aug 2010 17:36:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.scifi-review.net/dune-by-frank-herbert.html/comment-page-1#comment-13519 Stettin Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:15:18 +0000 http://www.scifi-review.net/dune-by-frank-herbert.html#comment-13519 I had been thinking about how it was a classic young hero destined for something greater than he could have imagined. I can see how the Bene Geserit are very similar to the Aes Sedai in the Wheel of Time. They are both powerful in the ways of magic and and interfere in politics. Also, in both series the women are the ones that have the magical powers, opposed to the men. The Wheel of Time has crazy men that have to be killed because they cannot control their power (Rand being one of the first of the Age able to stave off madness), and Dune has Paul be the first to have the power Bene Geserit have. I guess the one main difference, at least as far as Dune being viewed by itself, is that there isn't a powerful evil nemesis trying to destroy the world. I had been thinking about how it was a classic young hero destined for something greater than he could have imagined. I can see how the Bene Geserit are very similar to the Aes Sedai in the Wheel of Time. They are both powerful in the ways of magic and and interfere in politics. Also, in both series the women are the ones that have the magical powers, opposed to the men. The Wheel of Time has crazy men that have to be killed because they cannot control their power (Rand being one of the first of the Age able to stave off madness), and Dune has Paul be the first to have the power Bene Geserit have. I guess the one main difference, at least as far as Dune being viewed by itself, is that there isn’t a powerful evil nemesis trying to destroy the world.

]]> http://www.scifi-review.net/dune-by-frank-herbert.html/comment-page-1#comment-13332 Shannon Fri, 16 Nov 2007 04:40:29 +0000 http://www.scifi-review.net/dune-by-frank-herbert.html#comment-13332 Reading your review, I was struck by how similar, in terms of the complexity and basic elements, Dune is the the Wheel of Time. Reading your review, I was struck by how similar, in terms of the complexity and basic elements, Dune is the the Wheel of Time.

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