Editing Dune Messiah (section)

==Analysis==
Herbert likened the initial trilogy of novels (''Dune'', ''Dune Messiah'', and ''Children of Dune'') to a [[fugue]], and while ''Dune'' was a heroic melody, ''Dune Messiah'' was its [[Inversion (music)|inversion]]. Paul rises to power in ''Dune'' by seizing control of the single critical resource in the universe, melange. His enemies are dead or overthrown, and he is set to take the reins of power and bring a hard but enlightened peace to the universe. Herbert chose in the books that followed to undermine Paul's triumph with a string of failures and philosophical paradoxes.<ref name="Genesis">{{cite web|last=Herbert|first=Frank|url=http://www.frankherbert.org/news/genesis.html |title=''Dune''Genesis|access-date=February 14, 2014 |publisher=FrankHerbert.org|work=[[Omni (magazine)|Omni]]|date=July 1980 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107220342/http://www.frankherbert.org/news/genesis.html |archive-date=January 7, 2012 |quote=Of course there are other themes and fugal interplays in ''Dune'' and throughout the trilogy. ''Dune Messiah'' performs a classic inversion of the theme. ''Children of Dune'' expands the number of themes interplaying ... That fits the pattern of the fugue.}}</ref>