Countdown to Dune: Doc Sloan's Nightly Q & A Episode 19 Paul Muad'Dib Atreides
Channel: Doc Sloan's Science Fiction Station
Date: 2021-10-10

In this episode we take a focused look at Paul Atreides as hero, messiah and prophet. Very much a composite of several mythological and historical heroes, Paul is a charismatic and sympathetic hero to the reader of the Dune series. But he is so much more and a lot more dangerous than one is given to think.

The Kwisatz Haderach himself, Paul Atreides is a response to both the real heroes in our societies, and the van Vogtian heroes that were populating science fiction at the time.

As a hero he is the first iteration of Herbert's warnings of being careful for what you wish for. He will bring death and destruction on an unimagined scale to all around him. Herbert's warnings stored in this character are as paradoxical as our own relationship to Paul Atreides, who somehow no matter his actions, remains a hero to the reader of the Dune series.

Let's take a look at one of science fictions greatest heroes.

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