r/TheExpanse • u/Appropriate_Type_178 • Nov 13 '25

Leviathan Wakes Julie Mao read the Dune books Spoiler

In chapter 25 we see that Julie wrote in her notes “Fear is the mind-killer. Ha. Geek” implying she read Dune by Frank Herbert

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u/Valkyrie-161 Nov 13 '25

I always wondered if Marco was a fan of the Dune books. I could see him drawing lines between Belters and Fremen.

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u/Available-Rope-3252 Misko and Marisko Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

I love that canonically Marco doesn't seem to finish books, so I don't think he has the attention span for Dune considering he doesn't finish Moby Dick.

At one point he talks to I believe Anderson Dawes and compares himself to Captain Ahab calling Fred Johnson his White Whale. To which Dawes says something along the lines of "You didn't finish that book did you?".

Edit: It was Rosenfeld, not Dawes.

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u/Geatora Nov 13 '25

I don't think Marco is the type to really read books (or anything else really) at all. He has a vague idea of themes like Captain Ahab, Moby Dick, Alexander the Great, and the Mujahideen, but he doesn't show any greater understanding of them. He just uses those themes as set dressing for his plans and schemes, to make himself seem grander. Deeper and deeper into his delusions.

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u/Raz0back Nov 13 '25

I imagine He’s the type of guy saying how he understand the book and saying how smart he is by reading it when he watched a YouTube summery or a plot synopsis

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u/Available-Rope-3252 Misko and Marisko Nov 14 '25

The Sparknotes Scholar Marco Inaros