4.3.4 "Dune" (inconsistencies and errors)
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This article is from the Dune FAQ, by Alan Schwartz with numerous contributions by others.
4.3.4 "Dune" (inconsistencies and errors)
- The first chapter heading states that Paul was born in the 57th year
of the Padishah Emperor, Shaddam IV. By the dates given in the Almanak
en-Ashraf (Appendix IV), this works out to 10,191, the year the story
starts with a fifteen year-old Paul. The problem can apparently be
solved by subtracting fifteen years from the dates of birth of Shaddam
IV and Count Hasimir Fenring, as done in "Dune: House Atreides_.
- According to the first chapter heading in the section titled "The
Prophet":
"The measure of Count Fenring's friendship may be seen first in a
positive thing: he allayed the Landsraad's suspicions after the
Arrakis Affair. It cost more than a billion solaris in spice
bribes, so my mother said..."
This implies Irulan's mother Anirul was alive at the time of the Arrakis
Affair (10,191) while Appendix IV gives her year of death as 10,176.
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