"Wild Monkshood" <Wild_Monkshood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Tony wrote:
>> "Wild Monkshood" <Wild_Monkshood@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>At the end of the day, really what difference did it make? It was a
>>>question that was never answered.
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>>>You can speculate, but FH gives little real detail. Presumably the
>>>details were not im****tant to FH, so much as the result and where he
>>>picked up the story threads.
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>> I think the question has im****tant implications for the evaluation for
>> Paul's character. In addition, it's worth exploring whether this
>> ambiguity represents a major flaw in Frank Herbert's story telling.
One
>> might also ask, Is this a plot point the author wrote notes on?
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> Well, speculate the details of the jihad, then. I think FH gave us
plenty
> of information to evaluate Paul's character, up to and including his
most
> personal thoughts. There is no major flaw. Just an author not detailing
> everything for a reader, or not getting the story he wanted to tell
bogged
> down in unnecessary detail. The jihad was horrible. People died,
massively
> so. Lots o' destruction. Do we really need to know that Crenos Filbutt
of
> Remligoad III had his groin crushed before he died. Or that a Fremen
> Jihadist farted on Plumkas Major? Good luck with the Herbert heirs
> releasing notes....
>
Hi WM! :-) I'm wondering what the new prequel about the Jihad will be
about. It's probably better for us to formulate our own opinions about
what
started the Jihad before we hear about Brian and Kevin's perspective on
this. :-o


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