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Review: False Messiahs and Giant Sandworms

What “Dune” has in common with Tolkien, the Bible and “The Godfather.”

Note: this review contains spoilers.
“It is like ‘Lord of the Rings’ in space,” my cousin said after recommending Frank Herbert’s “Dune” to me in high school. He wasn’t wrong — his line has become my go-to short description of the Dune universe, which currently includes 23 books and two movies from director Denis Villenueve. Much like Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” and their film adaptations, the “Dune” movies are stunning, complex and irresistibly epic. The worldbuilding in both sagas is top-tie...

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Grant Dutro

Grant Dutro is a senior Economics and Communication double major with a minor in English. Originally from Cincinnati, OH, in his spare time he likes watching detective movies, reading C.S. Lewis, rowing on your local body of water, and listening to 70s rock.

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