Vort Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 P.S. I've just been thinking - its a few years since I last read it, but (if I remember rightly) in the original novel version of Dune the only homosexual character is the loathsome Baron Harkonenn - the worst villain! (And no one could ever accuse that of being normalizing!) This was of course in the mid-1960s, but I can't remember if there is any reference to his being gay in the David Lynch movie of 1984. Can anyone remember? The fact is that Dune is probably the just-plain-weirdest science fiction book ever to achieve mass popularity. I'm guessing the sandworms are among the largest embarrassingly phallic symbols in popular literature. Jamie123 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 I never thought of the sandworms that way, and I guess now I can't un-think of them that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vort Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 I never thought of the sandworms that way, and I guess now I can't un-think of them that way. In the later sequels, when Paul Atreides' son turns himself into a sandworm, it's made pretty obvious. Actually, the whole "water of life" from a drowning sandworm -- as done by the, um, Fremen -- doesn't leave a lot to the imagination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 Oh for crying out loud. I never read the sequels, and that's. . . okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 I never thought of the sandworms that way, and I guess now I can't un-think of them that way. Ditto. I guess I'm not that phallically minded! A thread starts with Downton Abbey....and now it's about the symbolism of sand worms! Interesting :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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