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Frank Herbert said him self in an interview that Dune was inspired from Sabres of Paradise by Lesley Blanch and that book is the story of Imam Shamil of the nor
by theturtletalks 2y ago
Frank Herbert said him self in an interview that Dune was inspired from Sabres of Paradise by Lesley Blanch and that book is the story of Imam Shamil of the north caucasus.
- larodi 2y agoWas looking for this comment, thanks. There was also a very lengthy article by s.o. about the fact which traces the origins of many details. The presently discussed article ‘Paul Lawrence of Dune’ sound as if written for political goals, rather than actual understanding of the origins of Dune.
- etc-hosts 2y agohttps://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-secret-history-of-dune/ https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-secret-history-of-du... tl;dr: http://www.jacurutu.com/viewtopic.php?t=4054 http://www.jacurutu.com/viewtopic.php?t=4054
- int_19h 2y agoWhile we're on this subject Imam Shamil had an interesting contemporary counterpart figure that I think deserves more recognition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunta-Hajji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunta-Hajji
- unholyguy001 2y agoI read Sabres of Paradise and it absolutely had a lot of parallels with Dune, and was a major source. Good book too