Juho Julkunen wrote:
> 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:
>>
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>>>"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.
Could be Romanian, too? Vlad, the Impaler? <shrug>
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