A massive, loyal-to-the-messiah dessert warrior culture (of which said messiah’s mother became an adopted member), a secretive order of women mystics pulling the strings on human civilization, weapons inspired by the Javanese kris (which is something Originsdid mention), a heavy focus on political intrigue and machinations, a strong focus on a near-instantaneous method of traveling, the messiah sojourns in the dessert almost immediately after becoming a ruler and recruits the dessert people. Even if it somehow wasn’t a contributing inspiration to WoT, Dune is so influential and iconic, you’d think Livingston would have mentioned it even if only to say “nah, it’s just coincidence.”
Why would it need to be?
https://lemmy.world/post/11153567
A massive, loyal-to-the-messiah dessert warrior culture (of which said messiah’s mother became an adopted member), a secretive order of women mystics pulling the strings on human civilization, weapons inspired by the Javanese kris (which is something Origins did mention), a heavy focus on political intrigue and machinations, a strong focus on a near-instantaneous method of traveling, the messiah sojourns in the dessert almost immediately after becoming a ruler and recruits the dessert people. Even if it somehow wasn’t a contributing inspiration to WoT, Dune is so influential and iconic, you’d think Livingston would have mentioned it even if only to say “nah, it’s just coincidence.”