Jessica's unborn child, Alia, also inherits these memories and is born with the awareness and memories of an adult in the body of a child. As a result, Jessica inherits the memories of countless generations of Reverend Mothers. Jessica endures the spice agony, and receives the memories of a Fremen Reverend Mother who had, in turn, received the memories of the Reverend Mother who came before her. Discrepancies by translators suffer similarly, with the compounding addition of inadequate translation of source texts.įurther rationalizations for discrepancies aren't strictly necessary, but this doesn't mean it can't be fun or illuminating to speculate.ĭiscrepancies Between the Original Novels Alia's ancestral memories in Dune Narrators often misunderstand, misquote, misremember, misinterpret, display certain biases, recount people, events, and dialogue differently, or intentionally alter narratives. History in the Duniverse will conflict, just as history on Earth does. Over great periods of time, history will be written and rewritten, oral traditions will change. The existence of the writings of Irulan, Leto II, and the Dune Encylopedia-which is viewed as a heretical account of the timeline of the larger Duniverse-don't require a complete an accurate depiction of events. Any discrepancies within texts are likely due to the combination of different source materials, different narrators, and different translators. It's clear due to stylistic differences, that at least two narrators exist, and due to the time span likely many more with differing historical accounts and source texts. In addition, all texts and source materials are likely to have been written in Galach and other languages in use within the Duniverse. Though theories of different Duniverse narrators are outside of the scope of this article, potential narrators may include Irulan Corrino, Paul Atreides, Leto Atreides II, Duncan Idaho, Siona Atreides, the Oracle of Time, Daniel and Marty, and Erasmus. The same is true of all texts in-universe, whether they are narrative or historical. While Frank Herbert is the author of Dune, he is unlikely to be one of the narrators. Author Lois Leveen, Ph.D, explains the relationship between author and narrator in, The Narrator. Because our universe differs from that of the Duniverse there must exist a narrator from within that use universe. Rationalization of Discrepancies Based on Literary Analysis Ī Narrator shouldn't be conflated with the author of a literary work. 4.2 "This will be your first time off-planet" - Paul's Early Years.4 Discrepancies Between the Original Novels and Prequels.3.5 Dar es-Balat (The Rakis Hoard) and Hadi Benotto.3 Discrepancies Between the Original Novels and Dune Encyclopedia.2.5 Honored Matre's use of voice/Murbella's learning of it.2.2 The Bene Gesserit's ancestral memories.2 Discrepancies Between the Original Novels.1 Rationalization of Discrepancies Based on Literary Analysis.