Tim "World's Greatest Technical Books" O'Reilly's first publishing venture was a bio of Frank "Dune" Herbert (which text is now available for free under an open content license). In this week's "Ask Tim" feature, Tim handles sticky questions about Herbert's intention with Dune.
I believe Herbert may have meant for us to see Leto as the better leader, and for us to see Paul as flawed. But as Frederick Lerner said when he remade Pygmalion into My Fair Lady, and had Eliza Doolittle end up with Henry Higgins rather than Freddy Eynsford-Hill, "God and Shaw forgive me, but I'm not sure he was right."
(Thanks, Sara!)
