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For someone interested in the deeper themes of Dune, what are the must-read books in the series beyond the first one?

In Dune, couldn't the Spacing Guild have taken complete power by simply controlling space travel? So this is one of the aspects of Dune’s politics that really worked for me. You are correct to note that the Spacing Guild had the empire by the throat. The thing is that the exact same thing could be said of a dozen other factions, all of which were constantly working to undermine and outmaneuver each other. And the Emperor kept close ties with all of them while simultaneously letting them see themselves as the real power behind his throne, which meant they were usually too focused on fighting each other to represent a genuine threat to his rule. It was a fraught but somewhat workable system that Paul and his family members completely destroyed when they came in and through a mix of charisma, force, and prophetic insight reshaped all those entrenched power structures to better suit his “golden path.” Turns out control over the supply of the Spice was enough to cripple pretty much everyone, provided you could keep it.

What is the plot of Dune Messiah? There are a lot of things I do not understand.

Why didn't Paul's father use his ability to see into the future during his fight against the Harkonnens in Dune?

Why don't characters in Dune just wear armor to stop slow-moving blades if shields can't protect against them? Wouldn't that make sense?

Did Gurney Halleck ever have a chance at defeating Feyd-Rautha if Gurney Halleck had instead acted as Paul's champion in the duel over the Emperor's fate?

Fun fact: If you look closely at Roger Yuan’s arm, you can see an open wound. He’s marked himself with the Atreides eagle, just like in the book.

In the Dune movies, why did both Lynch and Villeneuve fail to show the Fremen always wearing sand-colored robes, which served as ready camouflage whenever out in the desert? It is an important detail to the story.

Frank Herbert's DUNE is set in the far future. Why are there no computers in DUNE? Certainly in the far future societies will have computers!

Just realised I can take a screenshot of any tweet using the copy link button.

Jason Momoa is in Dune 3? What the hell? I thought he died in the first one.

In Dune part three (2026)... somehow duncan idaho returned? Is there any lore reason?

Need some honest advice Got a tattoo done 2 days ago, at the time I loved it but now I'm not sure. Some people at work mentioned it looked like a butthole if someone hadn't watched Dune and know that this is the cover for it. I've messaged my artist and he says he can work on it a bit more but idk. Basically just asking, what did you think this was before reading?