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Cam read Book 3 of Dune in one sitting. This episode is a passionate, spoiler-free whirlwind of reactions, theories, and questions. Our Shakespeare conversation has evolved drastically, moving past Henry IV to welcome back our friends Macbeth, Hamlet, and Richard III. Because of all these pesky prophecies and religious rhetoric, Cam also gets to shoehorn some Problem of Evil into the discussion. But we’re also asking questions with the benefit of hindsight: about Frank Herbert’s dialogue focus at the expense of traditional set pieces, and about Dune’s paradoxical status as both a complete trilogy and the first of six novels. We close with a bit of reflection on the escalating challenge nested within Herbert’s decision to make Paul both narratively irresistible and ethically irredeemable.

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