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Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah (1969) is the first of five sequels to his masterwork Dune (1965). It is the shortest of the sequels, and I found it one of the least satisfying. The best sequels are Children of Dune (1976) and God Emperor of Dune (1981). The worst are Heretics of Dune (1984) and Chapterhouse Dune (1985).

John W. Campbell, editor of Astounding Science Fiction magazine, rejected Dune Messiah because he did not like the transformation of Paul Atreides, the hero of Dune, into a sulking anti-hero buffeted about by forces beyond his control. Read more …

Published: April 17, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book reviews, Frank Herbert, Greg Johnson, John W. Campbell, North American New Right, originals | 14 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 257
Culture Jamming with Morgoth

Counter-Currents Radio

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Greg Johnson talks to Morgoth of Morgoth’s Review on the web, Bitchute, and YouTube about White Nationalist culture jamming, the Eternal Anglo vs. Tolkienism, Arts & Crafts, and Aestheticism, Roger Scruton, whiteness in classical and pop music, the 2019 UK General Election, Read more …

Published: January 24, 2020 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged 2019 UK National Elections, aestheticism, Arts and Crafts movement, classical music, Counter-Currents Radio, culture jamming, Denis Villeneuve, England, Frank Herbert, implicit whiteness, interviews, J. R. R. Tolkien, Labour Party, liberal education, Morgoth, Oscar Wilde, pedophilia, podcasts, popular culture, popular music, rape, Roger Scruton, Rotherham, Scotland, Scottish Independence | 8 Responses

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Ben Novak’s Hitler & Abductive Logic

Greg Johnson

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Ben Novak
Hitler and Abductive Logic: The Strategy of a Tyrant
Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2014

“Search your feelings. You know it to be true.”

Ben Novak’s Hitler and Abductive Logic is one of the most exciting academic books I have ever read, a daring and imaginative synthesis of philosophy, history, biography, and literature. Read more …

Published: December 31, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, book reviews, Carl Schmitt, conspiracy theories, Frank Herbert, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Star Wars, superheroes | 8 Responses

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David Lynch’s Dune

Trevor Lynch

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David Lynch’s third feature film is his 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic Dune. Herbert’s Dune is widely hailed as a masterpiece, while Lynch’s Dune has a much more mixed reputation, tending toward the negative. When I first saw Lynch’s Dune, I was deeply disappointed. Herbert’s novel had left a powerful and vivid impression on me, and Lynch’s vision was not my vision. Read more …

Published: April 18, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, David Lynch, Denis Villeneuve, fantasy literature, Frank Herbert, movie reviews, North American New Right, reprints, science fiction, Steampunk, Trevor Lynch | 13 Responses

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American Sardaukar

Nicholas R. Jeelvy

Lance Corporal James Blake Miller, USMC, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004.

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I don’t even have to check the comment section of Éordred’s excellent “Der Fall Amerika” to know that there’s going to be more than one claiming a variation of “not all Americans are like that.” I know this because this was at the back of my mind while reading it, and because, of course, not all Americans are like that. Read more …

Published: January 10, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, North American New Right, originals, the Scots-Irish, the United States, US military | 9 Responses

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Jodorowsky’s Dune

Trevor Lynch

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Jodorowsky’s Dune, Frank Pavich’s 2013 documentary, tells the story of the “greatest movie never made,” Read more …

Published: November 7, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alejandro Jodorowski, David Lynch, documentaries, Frank Herbert, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, science fiction, Trevor Lynch | 12 Responses

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The Sci-Fi Channel’s Dune & Children of Dune

Trevor Lynch

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David Lynch’s Dune (1984) is a flawed masterpiece. When I first saw it, I was deeply disappointed. Frank Herbert’s original novel made a powerful impression on me. I could see Herbert’s world, and Lynch’s vision was not my vision. But when my initial impression faded and I returned to Lynch’s film with an open mind, I found it immensely imaginative and compelling. Even the score by Toto managed to grow on me. Read more …

Published: October 23, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged David Lynch, eugenics, Frank Herbert, freedom, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, science fiction, Trevor Lynch, TV reviews | 22 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 170
Greg Johnson & John Morgan
The Films of David Lynch, Part 1

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Part 1 of 2

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Greg Johnson and John Morgan discuss the films of David Lynch. Read more …

Published: February 7, 2017 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Blue Velvet, David Lynch, Flannery O'Connor, Frank Herbert, Gnosticism, Greg Johnson, interviews, John Morgan, law enforcement, movie reviews, podcasts, sexuality, the grotesque, the occult | 15 Responses

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Archäofuturistische Fiktion
Frank Herberts Dune

Greg Johnson

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English original here

Wenn Science-Fiction typischerweise „progressiv“ und Fantasy-Literatur „rückwärtsgewandt“ ist, dann brauchen wir eine dritte Kategorie für die sechs Dune-Bücher von Frank Herbert (1920-1986) – gar nicht zu reden von George Lucas’ sechs Star Wars-Filmen –, die futuristische Sci-Fi-Elemente mit den archaischen Werten und magischen Welten der Fantasy verbinden.

Archeofuturist Fiction
Frank Herbert’s Dune

Greg Johnson

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German translation here

If science fiction is quintessentially “progressive” and fantasy literature is “reactionary,” then we need a third category for the six Dune books by Frank Herbert (1920–1986)—not to mention George Lucas’ six Star Wars movies—which combine futuristic, sci-fi elements with the archaic values and magical universes of fantasy.