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<I also posted this on Domina.ms>

Due to the recent movies there has been a lot of talk about [i]Dune[/i] of late. There is a rather nuanced aura of Femdom around the Bene Gesserit sisters (and damn Rebecca Ferguson is hot). However Frank Herbert wrote 5 sequel novels. In the bloated [i]God Emperor of Dune[/i] the bloated protagonist has an all female army called the Fish Speakers which also exudes some dominant vibes.

Then we come to the last two Frank Herbert Dune novels (I haven't read any of his son's works) [i]Heretics of Dune[/i] and [i]Chapterhouse: Dune[/i]. In them there is an organization called the Honoured Matres. They are sort of an offshoot of the Bene Gesserit mixed with some Fish Speakers. The image that immediately comes to mind with them is [b]Dominatrix[/b]. So much so they are almost a parody. They rule through a mixture of violence and sexual manipulation. Several parts pf the last two books come across as poorly written porn.

So has anyone else here read either of those two books and if so what was your reaction to the Honoured Matres?

I had never heard of either until now. The first one sounds as if it would be a great action movie. The second one sounds as if the author has a bit of a femdom fetish. This coming from checking them out, at a glance, on line. Funny how fetish and femdom are present in a good bit of vanilla novels and/or movies.

I seriously doubt any of the last three [i]Dune [/i]novels will ever get made into a movie or TV show. In 2003 [i]Dune Messiah[/i] and [i]Children of Dune[/i] were combined into a miniseries on Sci-Fi called [i]Frank Herbert's Children of Dune[/i]. Even though it garnered very good ratings there was no talk on continuing on with [i]God Emperor of Dune[/i], the next book. Villeneuve is going to do a third Dune movie based on [i]Dune Messiah[/i] but in several interviews he claimed that he has no interest in going beyond that,

I love me a good sci fi. This is intriguing. I will check out the series.