In true Dune fashion, the closing episode of Dune: Prophecy focuses on the themes of human over machine, mind over...
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Kara Kennedy, PhD, is an educator, researcher, and writer in the areas of science fiction, technology, and digital and AI literacy. She is the author of Adaptations of Dune: Frank Herbert’s Story on Screen, Frank Herbert’s Dune: A Critical Companion, Women’s Agency in the Dune Universe: Tracing Women’s Liberation through Science Fiction, and articles on the topics of science fiction and fantasy literature, Wikipedia and academia, and digital literacy in the arts and humanities. She posts analyses of Dune for a mainstream audience on her blog at DuneScholar.com.
Conflicting loyalties emerge as the story heads toward a show-down between the Sisterhood and Desmond Hart. So far the show...
Moments of vulnerability unite the otherwise frenzied activity in episode 4 of Dune: Prophecy. Even Valya and Desmond Hart let...
Valya may seem like the more vengeful of the Harkonnen sisters, but this flashback-heavy third episode of HBO’s Dune: Prophecy...
The second episode of Dune: Prophecy brings the Sisterhood into fuller view by highlighting their core features, like loyalty and...
Dune: Prophecy’s first episode gives the political dimension of the Dune universe space to breathe. It takes time to explain...
The depiction of the Fremen in director Denis Villeneuve’s movies, Dune: Part One (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024), may...
Dune: Imperium – Uprising is a new, standalone tabletop game from Dire Wolf. It builds on the company’s previously-released Dune:...
This article continues my analysis of the women in the Dune: Part Two movie, begun in “Dune: Part Two’s Treatment...
Dune: Betrayal from Gale Force Nine is a social deduction-style card game that is easy to learn and aligns well...
Gale Force Nine’s Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy (2021) stands as a simplified and redesigned version of the...