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Baron Vladimir Harkonnen (/ ˈ h ɑːr k ə n ə n / [2]) is a fictional character in the Dune franchise created by Frank Herbert.He is primarily featured in the 1965 novel Dune and is also a prominent character in the Prelude to Dune prequel trilogy (1999–2001) by Herbert's son Brian and Kevin J. Anderson.
In Dune, the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen employs a cone of silence, a sound-deadening field used for privacy, though it does not visually obscure lip movement. [5] In Heretics of Dune (1984) Herbert mentions an Ixian damper, a similar, portable device described as a "black disc" which is buoyed midair by suspensors.
[4] Floating in mid-air, it kills by entering the body and following nerve pathways to vital organs. A hunter-seeker is employed in Dune in an assassination attempt on Paul Atreides. [5] Hypnobong – Device in the shape of a concave base that induced a drug-like state. According to Reverend Mother Lucilla it is outlawed in most of the ...
The poison in [Baron Harkonnen], deep in his mind, is the knowledge that an Atreides had a Harkonnen banished for cowardice after, the Battle of Corrin.” ... Many Dune fans do not consider Brian ...
What a difference a day (or 3.7 million of ’em) doesn’t make. Early on in the premiere of HBO’s Dune: Prophecy prequel series — which is set 10,148 years prior to the Timothée Chalamet ...
Dune: Part Two has a lot to say about who's "good," and who's "bad," and that quote—"there are no sides"—reigns, ultimately, over everything. Where there is power, it will be corrupted. Where ...
Characters from the HBO television series Dune: Prophecy (2024). From left to right: Travis Fimmel as Desmond Hart, Emily Watson as Valya Harkonnen, Olivia Williams as Tula Harkonnen and Mark Strong as Emperor Javicco Corrino. Dune: Prophecy is an American science fiction television series developed by Diane Ademu-John and Alison Schapker for HBO.
SPOILER ALERT: This contains major spoilers for the ending of “Dune: Part Two,” now playing in theaters. Readers of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel “Dune” have known the plot of the sci-fi ...