Desert Warriors and White Saviors: The Shared Destinies of Rand al’Thor and Paul Atreides

Patrick J. D’Silva teaches in the Religious Studies department at the University of Denver. A lifelong science fiction fan who grew up on Star Trek and Star Wars, he is slowly working through the collected works of Ursula Le Guin and Octavia Butler. And reading about dragons, so many dragons. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his family.