Dune: Prophecy trafficks in uninspired inevitability
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s getting hard to justify the buzz around certain “prestige” series — in no small part because, somehow, despite having an endless supply of money …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s getting hard to justify the buzz around certain “prestige” series — in no small part because, somehow, despite having an endless supply of money …
By Molly Madrid
Reader Staff
Everyone is familiar with the saying: “Fact is stranger than fiction.” Perhaps, instead, we should focus on how strange writers of fiction tend to be.…
By Brenden Bobby
Reader Columnist
One of my high-school teachers told me something that would shape my worldview:
“Only boring people get bored.”
This was a masterfully diabolical dig at …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
After decades of waiting, devotees of Dune may be feeling like their time has finally come — that the sleeper of their fandom has awakened …
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As Frank Herbert wrote in his iconic sci-fi novel Dune, “God made Arrakis to train the faithful.” Faithful his fans have been, from 1965 …
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