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[-] Slotos@feddit.nl 56 points 9 months ago

The original book finds itself in a science fiction genre only because anything with spaceships and technology is placed there. For all practical purposes though, it’s a space fantasy.

In other words, complaining about science of Dune is like complaining about poetic meter of a tax report - something you do only with the closest of friends.

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 25 points 9 months ago

There's also a lot in there about how a planet's ecology influences culture. Also the long term effects of banning computers. Also about how in the far future people will forget about Earth but some cultural artifacts will remain even when people have forgotten why they do things. Also about how over enough time, people may change so much they may not even be recognizable as human. Also how with the existence of FTL travel it may become impossible to escape the killer robots people will inevitably build unless someone turns themself into a worm.

[-] dh34d@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 9 months ago

Lol, you really channeled Dave Barry for that last paragraph.

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