> he central theme as I'd see it is the domination of humans by 'oracles' That is exactly what Herbert set out to write. In his own words: > I conceived of a

> he central theme as I'd see it is the domination of humans by 'oracles' That is exactly what Herbert set out to write. In his own words: > I conceived of a long novel, the whole trilogy as one book about the messianic convulsions that periodically overtake us. Demagogues, fanatics, con-game artists, the innocent and the not-so-innocent bystanders-all were to have a part in the drama. This grows from my theory that superheroes are disastrous for humankind. Even if we find a real hero (whatever-or whoever-that may be), eventually fallible mortals take over the power structure that always comes into being around such a leader. > Heroes are painful, superheroes are a catastrophe. The mistakes of superheroes involve too many of us in disaster. From Dune Genesis by Frank Herbert: http://moodleshare.org/mod/page/view.php?id=2453 http://moodleshare.org/mod/page/view.php?id=2453