In article <2c8b2$472c6cfa$621026d8$3652@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, on Sat, 03 Nov
2007 08:43:40 -0400, Bastard Toadflax <bastard_toadflax@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
says...
>
>
> Tony wrote:
>
> > "Qazfez" <qazfez@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> >>The underlying message of the book is something about how villians
with
> >>Russian names get eaten by giant sandworms,
> >
> >
> > Why would Frank Herbert choose to write a novel with that underlying
> > message? Are you saying that Dune is an anti-Soviet propaganda book?
>
> FH saw the name Harkonnen, or a form of it, in a phonebook, and just
> liked it, or, that is what I have read....
Harkonnen isn't a Russian name.
Vladimir is, though.
--
Juho Julkunen
|
