Nalo Hopkinson wrote:
>
> >
> > On the topic of Dune, who would you rather have been, Paul or his mother?
>
> NH: :) Thank you for this question. I immediately answered, "Jessica,"
> then had to figure out why. I think it's because she determinedly carved
> out a life for herself, despite whole worlds of people trying to tell her
> what to do, and she *lived.* Paul's character was attractive, because he
> had all those powers that made him even a super-being; all man, and even
> more woman than the women, but ultimately, he wasn't able to maintain human
> connections. He became a larger-than-life figure who spawned an
> intergalactic jihad, and when he couldn't deal any longer, he turned
> hermit. Jessica kept dealing, kept her human connections. Joel,
> answering this question told me a lot about what's important to me.
lg: ditto
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