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  • Their leader, Vooper Werribee, counts 130 members who enjoy roleplay in the sands of an Arrakis based in Second Life, taking on the personae of sandworm-riding Fremen, Harkonnen-hating Atreides, and so on.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Paul's increasing inhumanity, the seemingly inevitable jihad, and the evident creeping fascism blur the boundaries between Harkonnen/imperial scum and Paul's supposedly benevolent House Atreides.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Erika Nelson 2009

  • Hand-to-hand final fight between Paul and the Harkonnen?

    "Dune", Plus Often-Neglected Other Novels by Frank Herbert 2009

  • Paul's increasing inhumanity, the seemingly inevitable jihad, and the evident creeping fascism blur the boundaries between Harkonnen/imperial scum and Paul's supposedly benevolent House Atreides.

    Muad'Dib's Moral Ambiguity Erika Nelson 2009

  • Herbert and Anderson paint a universe of the Imperium where blood feuds, treachery and betrayal run amok between the Houses of Harkonnen, Corrino and Atreides.

    SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles - Part 6 2009

  • "Dune" is a carefully crafted tale of politics and intrigue: the characters – from the Savior of Dune and the Fremen, Paul Atreides (aka Muad'Dib), to the Head of House Harkonnen, The Baron – are maneuvering and manipulating everything around them on a complex social chessboard.

    "Dune", Plus Often-Neglected Other Novels by Frank Herbert 2009

  • It's a mild case, without the really horrific symptoms, but it has affected my self-image: giardia makes you bloated, dyspeptic, and flatulent, like the icky Baron Harkonnen (above) in David Lynch's Dune (but minus the pustules).

    Archive 2008-09-01 Heather McDougal 2008

  • Great choice with Baron Harkonnen by the way - I've just been re-reading Dune, and it's really struck me how much he's an example of the physical manifestation of evil.

    Evil, Incarnate Heather McDougal 2008

  • It's a mild case, without the really horrific symptoms, but it has affected my self-image: giardia makes you bloated, dyspeptic, and flatulent, like the icky Baron Harkonnen (above) in David Lynch's Dune (but minus the pustules).

    Evil, Incarnate Heather McDougal 2008

  • At the start of the film House Atreides the good guys has control over Dune but little do they know House Harkonnen run by the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen has conspired with the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV to win back the planet from the Atreides.

    Archive 2010-01-01 Pointman74250 2010

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