This will now be someone's thesis

Boyfriend: I'm pretty Dune was just a really poorly novelized rip off of the Wizard of Oz. They keep mentioning the Golden path, which is the Yellow Brick Road. The Fremen are the munchkins, Baron Harkonnen is the flying monkey, the leader of the Fremen is the wizard, and the Emperor is the wicked witch, because after Paul threatens to add Water of Life to a pre-Spice mound, his empire melted around him. Spice is the ruby slippers because everyone wants to control it.