This week we’re breaking out of the main series of posts on the Fremen Mirage (I, II, IIIa, IIIb) to answer a brewing discussion that has been running in the comments: does Dune exist within …
Collections: The Fremen Mirage, Part IV: Desert Power
This is Part IV of our four-and-three-quarters part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, interlude) on the Fremen Mirage. We began by sketching out the basic outline of this pop theory of history: that a lac…
Collections: The Fremen Mirage, Part I: War at the Dawn of Civilization
This week’s post is the first in a four part series (II, IIIa, IIIb, interlude, IV) looking at what I’m going to term the Fremen Mirage (a play on Le Mirage Spartiate, which we’ve…
Collections: The Fremen Mirage, Part II: Water Spilled on the Sand
This is part II of our four-part series (I, IIIa, IIIb, interlude, IV) looking at what I’ve termed ‘the Fremen mirage,’ after the fiction people from the science fiction novel Dun…
Collections: The Fremen Mirage Part IIIa: …by the Princess Irulan
This is Part IIIa of our four-part series (I, II) looking at what I’ve termed the ‘Fremen Mirage.’ We defined the core tenets of this pop-historical notion in more detail in the f…
Collections: Warfare in Dune, Part II: The Fremen Jihad
This is the second part (I, II) of our somewhat silly look about the plausibility of warfare in Frank Herbert’s Dune. Last week, we looked at the system of warfare that is dominant in the set…
Collections: The Fremen Mirage, Part IIIb: Myths of the Atreides
This is Part IIIb of our four-and-three-quarters part series (I, II, IIIa) on what we’re calling the Fremen Mirage. Last week, we traced the origins of this idea in the Greek and Roman ethnog…
Collections: Warfare in Dune, Part I: Fighting Faufreluches
This week, time for something a bit silly: we’re going to think about the plausibility of the warfare in Frank Herbert’s Dune! In particular, I want to approach the question in two part…
This is How Weird the ‘Dune’ Sequels Are (Potentially) Going to Get
$200 million blockbusters about warrior nuns, space fascism, worm-human hybrids, and Jason Momoa clones? Here's hoping. A guide to where the millenia-spanning timeline of Frank Herbert's ‘Dune’ saga goes from here.
Blades of Mirage - Official Playtest Release Window Trailer | The MIX Summer Game Showcase 2026 - IGN
Get a look at the Playtest Release Window Trailer for Blades of Mirage, an isometric action-adventure game developed by Agate. Players will embody Mira to use her ability to create water-based weapons and explore ancient ruins scattered across unique islands. Confront corrupted, powerful creatures and solve intricate puzzles to secure the ancient relics. Blades of Mirage is coming soon to PC (Steam), with a playtest launching in July 2026 on Steam.
“There’s Nothing New / Under The Sun, / But There Are New Suns”: Recovering Octavia E. Butler’s Lost Parables | Los Angeles Review of Books
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A Showcase Of Caravan Sandwitch's Beautiful Art
We chat with art director Charles Boury about the game's various visual inspirations.
Horizon: Forbidden West -- Anatomy of a Crowd Pleaser
Releases - Graham Van Pelt
Hello listeners. I have a pair of new ambiences for you, inspired by the peak of the Channel Ridge trail here on Salt Spring Island. On July 20th I'll be releasing a new long-player: "The Lookout". Its a restful midsummer mood, improvised next to an orchard. The Salish Sea and gnarled arbutus branches give way to misty cirrus and the starry heavens. Two side-long excursions toward infinity.
Latest Additions from Rob Sheridan Fine Art
Latest Additions by Rob Sheridan Fine Art
Surrealism Against Fascism • EQUATOR
A century ago, artists who survived the trenches captured humanity’s capacity for destruction. What can they teach us about confronting the far-right in a new age of genocide?
