the preacher *major spoiler Children of Dune

[Emperor Harkonnen]

I am reading children of Dune, and I got to the part where Alia heard the preacher and realized that he was Paul.

I'd never thought the preacher was really Paul. was you to surprised when you heard this?

[NeoDevilbane]

Absolutely... about 10 years ago.

- Neo

[Mahdi]

Nope, I'm pretty sure it's revealed fairly early on that the preacher is Paul.

[Vanguard3000]

They reveal it, but it's easy to suspect otherwise. When I first read CoD, I was fairly certain it was Paul, but I always left the idea of it being someone else open.

[Mahdi]

Really? From the moment I first heard of the Preacher I figured it was Paul (I actually read CoD second). I never doubted that they would somehow bring back Paul, although after reading the book jacket of CoD and seeing the title of the next book, God Emperor, I figured it would be GEOD that brought him back. Paul is just such a great character, so well developed, so multi-deimensional, so powerfull and so flawed at the same time. Thrust into a situation he didn't want but had to accept. Him and Myrddin Emry's from Mary Stewarts Merlin trilogy are my favourite characters ever.

[Timenn]

I read Dune Messiah second. And when Paul walked in the desert at the end. I thought he was really gone. But when I read the first chapter in CoD with the Preacher, I didn't doubt that it was Paul

[Emperor Harkonnen]

I also thought he was gone after finished Messiah. I think they only suspected him being Paul when he first showed up.

btw. when discussing this further, please hide text which might spoil any of the next dune books. ;) and I have not read further in cod either.

[Inoculator9]

I think it was about as subtle as a Rhino wearing a pink Armani suit with the Eifel Tower replacing it's horn :P

Yeah, to me it was pretty obvious. First line with the Preacher, it was apparent to me.

[Tio_Holtzmann]

I think it was as soon as they said the words stone burner! SMACK!

[Colonel_Worf]

I never had any doubt it was him.