God Emperor of Dune (1981)

In our latest episode, regular hosts Haitch and Jason are joined by noted poet and spiritual advisor, Protolexus. We discuss the fourth book in Frank Herbert’s hexology, God Emperor of Dune. We cover the dangers of literary excess, the challenge of separating art from artist, and whether love really is the most powerful force in the universe.

Chapters

• Introduction (00:00:00)
• Dune News (00:05:07)
• Roundtable Discussion (00:10:42)
• Your Letters (00:45:47)

Notes and Links

• Dune premiering September 15th. Internationally, specifically France. Unconfirmed. Scoop by Dune-BehindTheScenes.
• Timothee Scissorhands. Timmy was on the Super Bowl, and not for Dune. Watch Timothee as Edgar Scissorhands in the new Cadillac commercial.
• Bushido’s Dune Spotify Playlist. Friend of the show Rich (aka Bushido on Spotify) has built an awesome chill Dune inspired playlist.
• CORRECTION: Polytechnique was not Denis’ first feature film. Thank you to redditor hintsofwizardry for pointing out that Denis did August 32nd on Earth (1998) and Maelstrom (2000), and then took a 9 year hiatus before returning for Polytechnique.
• Tim O’Reilly’s 1977 biography Frank Herbert
• See the movies we’ve watched and are going to watch on our Dune Pod Set List on Letterboxd
• Dune Pod’s Breaking Dune News Twitter list
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