Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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SCI-FI September is HERE! All this month we're looking at sci-fi book series, starting with the original classic, DUNE.

This is a deep dive, spoiler free, introduction to Frank Herbert's Dune. But it also looks into all the extended works in the Dune universe. Which Dune books do you want to read?

We also discuss the big themes of the chosen one, the temptation of power, and those inevitable sci-fi warnings of the future.

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0:00 Intro
1:38 The Elephant in the Room – Producing Dune
2:22 The Concept
3:28 A Hard Emphasis on Worldbuilding
9:24 Plot of Book 1
11:22 Characters
14:28 The Plotlines of the Series
23:51 Big Themes of Dune
25:52 The Whole Messiah Thing
27:14 Representation
30:34 Content Warning
31:02 Is the Ending Worth it?
31:46 How Much Should You Try?
32:32 Outro