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** As an out-of-universe example, [[Star Wars]] cloned ''Dune'' so well that it [[Trope Codifier|overshadows the source]] in popular culture. |
** As an out-of-universe example, [[Star Wars]] cloned ''Dune'' so well that it [[Trope Codifier|overshadows the source]] in popular culture. |
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* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: A major theme of ''Dune'' is [[You Can't Fight Fate]], so expect these in spades. |
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: A major theme of ''Dune'' is [[You Can't Fight Fate]], so expect these in spades. |
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** Dr. Yueh's wife, Wanna, is revealed |
** Dr. Yueh's wife, Wanna, is revealed to be dead long before she, or he, ''or'' [[I Have Your Wife|the nature of their relationship]], is even introduced. |
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** We're told how the first of the book's three parts will end in the second chapter, and the book's ending is foretold in the middle of the second part by the protagonist himself. |
** We're told how the first of the book's three parts will end in the second chapter, and the book's ending is foretold in the middle of the second part by the protagonist himself. |
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** In ''Dune Messiah'', the conclusion is hinted at in the second chapter, and by halfway through the novel, the protagonist has a prescient dream in which he foresees the entire rest of the story. The vision guides him even after his eyes get burned out by nuclear radiation. By twenty pages before the climax (a substantial portion of the just 200-page book) it's a definite [[Foregone Conclusion]], except for the [[Plot Twist]] in which Paul foresees only the birth of his daughter, and not her far more significant twin brother—because he's the one who will ultimately take the reins of prophecy from Paul. |
** In ''Dune Messiah'', the conclusion is hinted at in the second chapter, and by halfway through the novel, the protagonist has a prescient dream in which he foresees the entire rest of the story. The vision guides him even after his eyes get burned out by nuclear radiation. By twenty pages before the climax (a substantial portion of the just 200-page book) it's a definite [[Foregone Conclusion]], except for the [[Plot Twist]] in which Paul foresees only the birth of his daughter, and not her far more significant twin brother—because he's the one who will ultimately take the reins of prophecy from Paul. |
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