The 7 Deadly Sins of Brian Herbert

Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast

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4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Abu⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Leo⁠⁠⁠⁠ break down the seven most egregious sins committed by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson in their Dune novels. They discuss the lack of depth in characters, the absence of subtlety in storytelling, and the overall boring and predictable nature of the plots. They also highlight the stark contrast between Brian Herbert's writing and that of his father, Frank Herbert, emphasizing the failure to capture the complexity and richness of the original Dune series. This episode contains SPOILERS for the Brian Herbert prequel novels House Atreides, House Harkonnen, and House Corrino Get ad-free episodes and bonus content: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/GomJabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠ Say thank you with a tip: ⁠⁠⁠⁠http://buymeacoffee.com/gomjabbar⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch video versions of select episodes: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@loreparty⁠⁠⁠⁠ Get yourself some custom-designed Dune swag: https://gomjabbar.shop (00:00) Intro (06:59) Sin #7: Bad writing (13:24) Sin #6: No character depth (23:11) Sin #5: Complete lack of subtlety or nuance (30:52) Sin #4: Boring storytelling (39:35) Sin #3: Nothing to say (46:47) Sin #2: Complete disregard of lore (01:05:26) Sin #1: Why are these stories necessary? (01:11:13) Outro Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today on the show, oh dear listener, we were just looking around icebergs, knocking on them, having fun, you know, how people do.
0:10.1	And we found you will not believe it.
0:12.7	Truly.
0:13.2	A secret compartment.
0:14.9	What?
0:15.6	In the iceberg.
0:17.6	And we cannot wait to share with you what we found.
0:23.2	Welcome to Gomjabar, your guide to the iconic world of Dune. We'll be exploring the themes,
0:46.8	philosophies, and characters found in the sandy depths of this vast universe from Frank Herbert's
0:52.4	groundbreaking novels to the adaptations on film and TV.
0:56.3	My name's Aboot.
0:57.8	My name is Leo.
0:59.2	And Leo, we've done it again.
1:02.0	We've subjected ourselves to yet again another Brian Herbert novel.
1:08.0	That's true.
1:08.9	You and I picked up a copy of the House Harkening comic book adaptation.
1:13.6	We both read volume one.
1:16.2	I even for today's episode went so far as to grab a copy, don't ask me where, of House Harkinen
1:23.5	and skim through many of the chapters and read some of them in preparation for today.
1:30.0	And you know what?
1:31.5	Here we are today to talk about it.
1:34.0	But I think we've tackled our discussion of this book in a more fun way, I think.
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