In the end, people are misinterpreting Herbert's analysis of the way religion can be used as a weapon and ignoring the true hero of Dune. If you want to know why Paul Atreides isn't the good guy ...

Titles like "Mahdi" and "Lisan al-Gaib" signify the religious fervor and powerful foresight shaping Paul's destiny. In Frank Herbert's expansive Dune universe, names carry profound significance ...

Well, in the Dune universe, an artificial copy (not exactly a clone) of a deceased person known as a Ghola can be created by a genetically altered race known as the Bene Tleilax. Paul is presented ...

In Dune Messiah, Duncan Idaho is brought back as an artificially created human known as a ghola as a gift to Paul. It's a gift that comes with a deadly secret, but we'll leave that out of here for ...