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It’s pretty clearly the latter the best evidence of which is Campbell’s strong dislike and rejection of the sequel (which puts the lie to the ubermensch fantasy)
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I mean .... Paul is the villain, and he knows it
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In the first book? That’s not clear.
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Well, Paul was a wrench in the grand plan, born out of the love his mother had for his father so...
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Neither. No reason to think Herbert cared about Campbell, he was following his own muse.
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Felt more on the cater than parody side to me. Genealogy is such a determinate factor throughout without criticism. The fact that corrupt Harkonnens thought they were strong, but the true savior was made through generations of idealized breeding with no irony, never seemed hedged
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To my understanding, and yes this is creepy but I am explaining why Herbert was obsessed with this. Herbert was obsessed with plant and insect breeding and this turns up in some of his other works like The Green Brain. Well breeding with plants is not like that with animals.
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Both. Herbert did lots of magic mushrooms, so he believed in consciousness expansion. Campbell did as well but for different reasons. (Campbell is why we have Scientology by promoting L. Ron Hubbard and his Dianetics.) Yet Herbert also thought this messiah worship and other
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type of drugs leads to a closing of possibilities instead of an opening of them. Pretty much Herbert liked drugs that did not make you confident but instead mellowed you out and fostered creativity.
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