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• pahlimur@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah, but that isn’t why people like it. Like Harry potter and Wizarding world of the transphobe.

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  • yeahiknow3@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You expressed surprise that Herbert is a rabid conservative. I pointed out that the book you claim to like is literally a celebration of modern fascism.

    Yeah, but that isn’t why people like it.

    Correct. People who like Dune generally like it because it’s the biggest book they’ve read, not because they were paying attention to the prose or narrative quality of its boot-licking plotline.

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    • pahlimur@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The storyline is a fascism. Frank thought libertarianism would stop what he was writing about. He didn’t want fascism but wrote about it. The second book is mostly about Paul falling apart and dying. Even though he thought he could follow a perfect path to being a perfect leader.

      I personally don’t care much about literary complexity. I find it interesting, and that’s all that matters to me. If you disagree, that’s fine too.

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      • yeahiknow3@lemmings.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Fair enough. I don’t begrudge your enjoyment.

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