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With the Lady Jessica and Arrakis, the Bene Gesserit system of sowing implant-legends through the Missionaria Protectiva came to its full fruition … And it is generally accepted now that her latent abilities were grossly underestimated
- From “Analysis: The Arrakeen Crisis” by the Princess Irulan
2015 was the 50th anniversary of Frank Herbert’s Dune., which was published by Chilton in 1965. (view spoiler) ...more
- From “Analysis: The Arrakeen Crisis” by the Princess Irulan
2015 was the 50th anniversary of Frank Herbert’s Dune., which was published by Chilton in 1965. (view spoiler) ...more
So I read this largely because my niece Sarah has to read it in school and by chance we ran across the movie in a thrift store and bought it for her as a joke. We ended up watching it with her and man, was that an experience. It was so weird. Like, beyond weird.
And so next the book - especially since a new miniseries is coming out next year.
I both liked and was bored by the book. The political intrigue and the ecology elements did fascinate me, but I’m not sure what to take from the parallels ...more
And so next the book - especially since a new miniseries is coming out next year.
I both liked and was bored by the book. The political intrigue and the ecology elements did fascinate me, but I’m not sure what to take from the parallels ...more
I'll say it right away: I was just not the audience for this book. I almost gave it three stars because I did like it but y'know ... I just wasn't CAPTURED by it. I sometimes had to force myself to read it.
My biggest problem with the book was actually the flow.
The language itself persistently screws it up. 1/15 sentences will go something like this:
Then he went into the desert, threw the bag over his shoulder.
You see the problem? There should be an "and". There are a lot of these missing "ands" ...more
My biggest problem with the book was actually the flow.
The language itself persistently screws it up. 1/15 sentences will go something like this:
Then he went into the desert, threw the bag over his shoulder.
You see the problem? There should be an "and". There are a lot of these missing "ands" ...more
“A man's flesh is his own; the water belongs to the tribe.”
The first utterance of religious fanaticism across the reams of Dune searched and unsettled my memories of Llosa and his Canudos. Back then, I was taken in deeply, yet aware of the distance between his exquisite mastery over characters, plot, language, flow, and the beauty of the whole. A minute distance, but distance all the same. My ruler was set through Gabo's Latin America and Llosa fell short with the story of his messiah. To put it ...more
The first utterance of religious fanaticism across the reams of Dune searched and unsettled my memories of Llosa and his Canudos. Back then, I was taken in deeply, yet aware of the distance between his exquisite mastery over characters, plot, language, flow, and the beauty of the whole. A minute distance, but distance all the same. My ruler was set through Gabo's Latin America and Llosa fell short with the story of his messiah. To put it ...more
Jan 10, 2012
Tej
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Feb 10, 2012
Hend
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Anthony Ford
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