We’re about to get a whole new generation of internet debates about the extent to which Wheel of Time swipes from Dune, but this time it will be from people who’ve never read either one. And it’ll be in tweetstorms not warring 5000 word rec.arts Usenet posts.
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Replying to @jtlevy
WoT steals quite a bit from Dune right? Bene geserit, fremen at least
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Replying to @musicalcolin
What part of that tweet sounded in the slightest like I *wanted* to go back to those debates?
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Replying to @jtlevy @musicalcolin
The proper answer to this debate is that in science fiction/fantasy (or fantasika) it's normal to have an organum, a common base of ideas many writers draw from. Much in Dune is not original with Herbert.
5:51 AM - 28 Oct 2021
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