Fremen

Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen, who have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom.

I must go. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

This leads me to another interesting aspect of Dune: at first reading, many readers myself included fail to pick up on the fact that the victory of Paul and the Fremen is a tragedy, not a happy ending.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Radical Islamism and Frank Herbert’s Dune: 2007

As a minor point, I believe Herbert says much later in the series that the origin of the Fremen was a Sufi sect in retreat.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Radical Islamism and Frank Herbert’s Dune: 2007

This leads me to another interesting aspect of Dune: at first reading, many readers myself included fail to pick up on the fact that the victory of Paul and the Fremen is a tragedy, not a happy ending.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Radical Islamism and Frank Herbert’s Dune: 2007

Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen who have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom.

madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2006

So the Na'vi, lead by Jake in his avatar, unite with other tribes and, like the army of primitive desert "Fremen" in Dune or the teddy-bear Ewoks in Return of the Jedi, use their command of the environment and its animals to beat the evil masters of technology.

SOLO - Sense of Life Objectivists 2009

The Fremen are a perfect example of this: they live not on their desert world but with it, respecting its tremendous power as well as its precarious health.

"Dune", Plus Often-Neglected Other Novels by Frank Herbert 2009

You're either an imperialist perpetrator of genocide (Harkonnens, Cylons) or a dictatorial, hero-worshiping collection of terrorists (Fremen, colonial fleet).

Archive 2009-04-01 Erika Nelson 2009

Paul's Fremen look a lot like the terrorists we're supposed to hate, much like the humans on Cylon-occupied New Caprica, with their oh-so-politically-incorrect insurgency.

Archive 2009-04-01 Erika Nelson 2009

"Dune" is a carefully crafted tale of politics and intrigue: the characters – from the Savior of Dune and the Fremen, Paul Atreides (aka Muad'Dib), to the Head of House Harkonnen, The Baron – are maneuvering and manipulating everything around them on a complex social chessboard.

"Dune", Plus Often-Neglected Other Novels by Frank Herbert 2009