Artist commentary:

Frank Herbert (1920-1986) was an American science fiction writer most famous for his Dune series of novels. The Litany against fear is the mantra of a group of powerful women in the Dune books called the Bene Gesserit, who have achieved superhuman powers from mental and physical training. I haven’t read any of the Dune books, even though I know Dune to be considered the greatest science fiction novel ever. I guess i’m pretty intimidated by the mythology – it seems pretty hardcore, even for someone like me who’s read the works of Orson Scott Card, Harlan Ellison and watched the Star Wars saga countless times. From what I’ve read, the Bene Gesserit sound like Jedis … am I way off? Did I just ruin whatever science fiction street cred I had by asking that?

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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    2 days ago

    I couldn’t get to 10% of the first book. The constant internal dialogue is a massive drag. Every scene is like a bad Dragon Ball fight scene, extending for pages of internal scheming and internal drivel drama. It is a format that I wholly despise, and it’s about 70% of the text. The SciFi 2000 series and the new Villeneuve films are good, though.