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==Adaptations==
==Adaptations==
[[David Lynch]] had planned to adapt sequels to ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' during the film's production in 1983–1984, with a script tentatively-titled ''Dune II''. Based on ''Dune Messiah'', the film had some differences from the novel's story, much like the first film had. After the critical and commercial failure of ''Dune'', the sequel did not proceed. The partial script developed by Lynch with notes by Frank Herbert was discovered in summer 2023 at Herbert's Archives at [[California State University, Fullerton]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 10, 2024|title=I Found David Lynch's Lost ''Dune II'' Script|url=https://www.wired.com/story/david-lynch-dune-sequel-script-unearthed|access-date=January 10, 2024|website=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|last=Evry|first=Max|archive-date=January 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110142240/https://www.wired.com/story/david-lynch-dune-sequel-script-unearthed/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>https://libraryguides.fullerton.edu/HerbertDune</ref>
[[David Lynch]] had planned to adapt sequels to ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' during the film's production in 1983–1984, with a script tentatively-titled ''Dune II''. Based on ''Dune Messiah'', the film had some differences from the novel's story, much like the first film had. After the critical and commercial failure of ''Dune'', the sequel did not proceed. The partial script developed by Lynch with notes by Frank Herbert was discovered in summer 2023 at Herbert's archives at [[California State University, Fullerton]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=January 10, 2024|title=I Found David Lynch's Lost ''Dune II'' Script|url=https://www.wired.com/story/david-lynch-dune-sequel-script-unearthed|access-date=January 10, 2024|website=[[Wired (website)|Wired]]|last=Evry|first=Max|archive-date=January 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110142240/https://www.wired.com/story/david-lynch-dune-sequel-script-unearthed/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://libraryguides.fullerton.edu/c.php?g=389150&p=2640425|title=LibGuides: Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' - A guide for further study|first=Patrisia|last=Prestinary|via=Libraryguides.fullerton.edu}}</ref>


''Dune Messiah'' and its sequel ''[[Children of Dune]]'' (1976) were collectively adapted by the [[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]] in 2003 into a miniseries entitled ''[[Frank Herbert's Children of Dune]]''.<ref name="Cinescape">{{cite web |url=http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Television&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=&obj_id=26343 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316172142/http://www.mania.com/dune-remaking-classic-novel_article_26343.html |archive-date=March 16, 2008 |title=''Dune'': Remaking the Classic Novel |first=Steve |last=Fritz |website=Cinescape |date=December 4, 2000 |access-date=March 14, 2010}}</ref> The first installment of the three part, six-hour miniseries covers the bulk of the plot of ''Dune Messiah''. The second and third installments adapt ''Children of Dune''.<ref name="Tor CoD">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/09/19/syfys-children-of-dune-miniseries-delivers-on-emotion-when-philosophy-falls-flat/|title=SyFy's ''Children of Dune'' Miniseries Delivers On Emotion When Philosophy Falls Flat|first=Emmet|last=Asher-Perrin|date=September 19, 2017|website=[[Tor.com]]|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>
''Dune Messiah'' and its sequel ''[[Children of Dune]]'' (1976) were collectively adapted by the [[Syfy|Sci-Fi Channel]] in 2003 into a miniseries entitled ''[[Frank Herbert's Children of Dune]]''.<ref name="Cinescape">{{cite web |url=http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Television&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=&obj_id=26343 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316172142/http://www.mania.com/dune-remaking-classic-novel_article_26343.html |archive-date=March 16, 2008 |title=''Dune'': Remaking the Classic Novel |first=Steve |last=Fritz |website=Cinescape |date=December 4, 2000 |access-date=March 14, 2010}}</ref> The first installment of the three part, six-hour miniseries covers the bulk of the plot of ''Dune Messiah''. The second and third installments adapt ''Children of Dune''.<ref name="Tor CoD">{{Cite web|url=https://www.tor.com/2017/09/19/syfys-children-of-dune-miniseries-delivers-on-emotion-when-philosophy-falls-flat/|title=SyFy's ''Children of Dune'' Miniseries Delivers On Emotion When Philosophy Falls Flat|first=Emmet|last=Asher-Perrin|date=September 19, 2017|website=[[Tor.com]]|access-date=February 20, 2019}}</ref>

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Dune Messiah
First edition
AuthorFrank Herbert
Audio read by
Cover artist
LC Class
PZ4.H5356 Du PS3558.E63
Preceded byDune 
Followed byChildren of Dune 

Dune Messiah is a

Putnam the same year. Dune Messiah and its own sequel Children of Dune (1976) were collectively adapted by the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003 into a miniseries entitled Frank Herbert's Children of Dune
.

Plot

Twelve years have passed since the beginning of

prescient
visions indicate that this is far from the worst possible outcome for humanity. Motivated by this knowledge, Paul hopes to set humanity on a course that will not inevitably lead to stagnation and destruction, while at the same time acting as ruler of the empire and focal point of the Fremen religion.

The

contraceptives
to Chani. Paul is aware of this fact, but has foreseen that the birth of his heir will bring Chani's death, and does not want to lose her.

Edric gives Paul a gift he cannot resist: a Tleilaxu-grown

ghola of the deceased Duncan Idaho
, Paul's childhood teacher and friend, now called "Hayt". The conspirators hope the presence of Hayt will undermine Paul's ability to rule by forcing Paul to question himself and the empire he has created. Furthermore, Paul's acceptance of the gift weakens his support among the Fremen, who see the Tleilaxu and their tools as unclean. Chani, taking matters into her own hands, switches to a traditional Fremen fertility diet, preventing Irulan from being able to tamper with her food, and soon becomes pregnant. However, Chani's extended use of Irulan's contraceptive has weakened her, and endangers the pregnancy.

stone burner
, purchased from the Tleilaxu, that destroys the area and blinds Paul. By tradition, all blind Fremen exile themselves in the desert, but Paul shocks the Fremen and entrenches his godhood by proving he can still see, even without eyes. His oracular powers have become so developed that he can foresee in his mind everything that happens, so by moving through his life in lockstep with his visions, he can see even the slightest details of the world around him.

Bijaz, actually an agent of the Tleilaxu, uses a specific humming intonation to implant a command that will compel Hayt to attempt to kill Paul under certain circumstances. Chani dies in childbirth, and Paul's reaction to her death triggers Hayt, who attempts to kill Paul. Hayt's ghola body reacts against its own programming and Duncan's full consciousness is recovered, simultaneously making him independent of Tleilaxu control.

Chani gives birth to twins, who come into the world fully conscious with

CHOAM
holdings in return. By successfully escaping the oracular trap and setting the universe on a new path, Paul has been rendered completely blind, yet he is able to kill Scytale with an accurately aimed dagger due to a psychic vision from his son's perspective. Later that evening Bijaz approaches Paul and repeats Scytale's offer, but is killed by Duncan on Paul's order. Now prophetically and physically blind, Paul chooses to embrace the Fremen tradition of a blind man walking alone into the desert, winning the fealty of the Fremen for his children, who will inherit his empire.

Paul leaves his sister

Ghanima. Alia orders the execution of Edric, Mohiam, and others involved in the plot against her brother, going against his wish that none of them should be hurt. Alia spares the Princess Irulan, who in grief for Paul has renounced her loyalty to the Bene Gesserit and vowed to dedicate her life as a teacher to Paul's children. Duncan notes the irony that Paul and Chani's deaths have enabled them to triumph against their enemies: the Spacing Guild and the Bene Tleilax have been discredited, Irulan's defection from the Bene Gesserit removes the sisterhood's last lever against the Atreides, and Paul has escaped deification
by walking into the desert as a man, while guaranteeing Fremen support for the Atreides line.

Publication history

Parts of Dune Messiah (and its sequel

Science Fiction Book Club in 2002,[2]
and in 1979 by Gollancz with Dune and Children of Dune as The Great Dune Trilogy.

Analysis

Herbert likened the initial trilogy of novels (Dune, Dune Messiah, and Children of Dune) to a fugue, and while Dune was a heroic melody, Dune Messiah was its inversion. Paul rises to power in Dune by seizing control of the single critical resource in the universe, melange. His enemies are dead or overthrown, and he is set to take the reins of power and bring a hard but enlightened peace to the universe. Herbert chose in the books that followed to undermine Paul's triumph with a string of failures and philosophical paradoxes.[3]

Critical reception

Galaxy Science Fiction called Dune Messiah "Brilliant ... It was all that Dune was, and maybe a little more."[4] Spider Robinson enjoyed the book "even as [he] was driving a truck through the holes in its logic, because it had the same majestic rolling grandeur of the previous book."[5] Challenging Destiny called the novel "The perfect companion piece to Dune ... Fascinating."[4]

Adaptations

David Lynch had planned to adapt sequels to Dune during the film's production in 1983–1984, with a script tentatively-titled Dune II. Based on Dune Messiah, the film had some differences from the novel's story, much like the first film had. After the critical and commercial failure of Dune, the sequel did not proceed. The partial script developed by Lynch with notes by Frank Herbert was discovered in summer 2023 at Herbert's archives at California State University, Fullerton.[6][7]

Dune Messiah and its sequel Children of Dune (1976) were collectively adapted by the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003 into a miniseries entitled Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.[8] The first installment of the three part, six-hour miniseries covers the bulk of the plot of Dune Messiah. The second and third installments adapt Children of Dune.[9]

Director Denis Villeneuve confirmed at the 2021 Venice Film Festival prior to the debut of his theatrical adaptation of Dune that a film based on Dune Messiah was planned, and it would serve as the third film in a trilogy.[10] After Dune: Part Two (covering the second half of the first novel) was officially greenlit in October 2021, Villeneuve reiterated his hope to continue the series with a third film focusing on Dune Messiah.[11][12] Screenwriter Jon Spaihts confirmed in March 2022 that Villeneuve still plans on a third film, and TV series spin-offs to continue the Dune saga.[13] Villeneuve began writing a script for a Dune Messiah film in 2023.[14]

References

  1. ISBN 9781440630514
    . Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  2. ISBN 0-7394-2399-1
    ..
  3. ^ Herbert, Frank (July 1980). "DuneGenesis". Omni. FrankHerbert.org. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012. Retrieved February 14, 2014. Of course there are other themes and fugal interplays in Dune and throughout the trilogy. Dune Messiah performs a classic inversion of the theme. Children of Dune expands the number of themes interplaying ... That fits the pattern of the fugue.
  4. ^
    ISBN 9781440630514
    . Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Robinson, Spider (September 1976). "Galaxy Bookshelf". Galaxy Science Fiction: 110.
  6. Wired. Archived
    from the original on January 10, 2024. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  7. ^ Prestinary, Patrisia. "LibGuides: Frank Herbert's Dune - A guide for further study" – via Libraryguides.fullerton.edu.
  8. ^ Fritz, Steve (December 4, 2000). "Dune: Remaking the Classic Novel". Cinescape. Archived from the original on March 16, 2008. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
  9. Tor.com
    . Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  10. Nerdist
    . Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  11. ^ Davids, Brian (October 28, 2021). "Denis Villeneuve on Dune Success and the Road to Part Two". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
  12. ^ Jolin, Dan (January 10, 2022). "Denis Villeneuve talks 'taxing' Dune shoot, identifying with Paul Atreides, sequel plans". Screendaily.com. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  13. ^ Ellwood, Gregory (March 10, 2022). "Jon Spaihts on a Potential Dune Trilogy & Collaborating With Park Chan-Wook [Interview]". ThePlaylist.net. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  14. ^ Zacharek, Stephanie (31 January 2024). "Denis Villeneuve Refuses to Let Hollywood Shrink Him Down to Size". Time. Retrieved 3 February 2024.

External links

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