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Afterword by Brian Herbert
Initialsalesofthebookwereslow,butFrankHerbert’ssciencefiction—
writingpeersandreadersrecognizedthegeniusoftheworkfromthebeginning,awardingitthecovetedNebulaandHugoawardsforbestnoveloftheyear.ItwasfeaturedinTheWholeEarthCatalogandbegantoreceiveexcellentreviews,includingonefromtheNewYorkTimes.Agroundswellofsupportwasbuilding.
In1969,FrankHerbertpublishedthefirstsequel,DuneMessiah,inwhichhewarnedaboutthedangersoffollowingacharismaticleaderandshowedthedarksideofPaulAtreides.Manyfansdidn’tunderstandthismessage,becausetheydidn’twanttoseetheirsuperherobroughtdownfromhispedestal.Still,the
booksoldwell,andsodiditspredecessor.LookingbackatDune,itisclearthatDadlaidtheseedsofthetroublesomedirectionheintendedtotakewithhishero,butalotofreadersdidn’twanttoseeit.JohnW.Campbell,theeditorofAnalogwhomademanyusefulsuggestionswhenDunewasbeingserialized,didnotlikeDuneMessiahbecauseofthisPaulAtreidesissue.
Havingstudiedpoliticscarefully,myfatherbelievedthatheroesmademistakes...mistakesthatweresimplifiedbythenumberofpeoplewhofollowedsuchleadersslavishly.Inaforeshadowingepigraph,FrankHerbertwroteinDune:“Remember,wespeaknowoftheMuad‘Dibwhoorderedbattledrumsmadefromhisenemies’skins,theMuad’Dibwhodeniedtheconventionsofhisducalpastwithawaveofthehand,sayingmerely:‘IamtheKwisatzHaderach.Thatisreasonenough.
