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| author | Carlos Sosa <gnusosa@gnusosa.net> | 2020-05-12 18:52:26 -0700 |
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diff --git a/dune.pres b/dune.pres new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d96986 --- /dev/null +++ b/dune.pres @@ -0,0 +1,121 @@ +What does Star Wars, Jodorowsky, Moebius, H.R. Giger, and Papa Lynch (David Lynch) have in common? + +@dune-cover.jpg +Dune is a space sci-fi novel by Frank Herbert. +Dune is set in a universe where humankind expanded through the +universe, and has evolved in different paths. In the Dune universe, +humankind has renounce advance technology, after a massive war against +Artificial Intelligence and Robots. + +@space-guild.jpg +Through centuries of selected breeding, Humankind has evolved in +various ways to replace the lack of advance technology. Capable of +travelling through the universe, and settle in multiple planets. +Humankind is now compromise of different evolved groups with specific key skills. +The most known of the group are the Bene Gesserit and the Mentats. + +@bene-geserrit.jpg +The Bene Gesserit who have psychic and cosmic powers, that allows them to see the +past and the future. They only breed females, and only females can receive the training. + +@mentat.jpg +The Mentats are literally super powered biological computers. +Evolved after the war agaist the AI Robots. After forbidden any AI, +the mentats provide the service that that electronic computers used to. + +@arrakis.jpg +In Dune, the main planet of the story is Arrakis. + +@arrakis-2.jpg +Arrakis is a desert planet. Arrakis is an extreme habitat, where water +is scarce, and it never rains. + +@shai-hulud.png +The planet's flora and fauna has adapted to the harh environment, and +the key organism of the desert are the sand worms also known as Shai Hulud. + +@arrakis-port.jpg +But Arrakis, is important to the universe, because it's the only +planet in where people can harvest the most addictive spice, melange. + +@paul-atreides.png +Dune centers around Paul Atreides, the son of the Duke of the Atreides +clan. + +@clan-atreides.jpg +His family is sent to Arrakis to manage the planet's Empire presence, +the spice control and exportation, and the clans in Arrakis. + +So why should you read the Dune novels? + +The Journey +The Poetic Writing +The Origin of Most Sci-Fi Tropes +Morality vs Ethics + +The Journey + +@books.jpg +#Dune rewards you for pushing through the details and world building +#found in the first book, by letting you immerse yourself in all of the +#following books with a fantastic pace and speed. It only takes reading the first book. + +The Poetic Writing + +“Arrakis teaches the attitude of the knife - chopping off what's incomplete and saying: +'Now, it's complete because it's ended here.' +\ +- from "Collected Sayings of Maud'Dib'' by the Princess Irulan” + +“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. +\-- Muad'Dib” + +#The poetic nature of Hebert's writing makes Dune feel operadic and +#epic. Making the experience feel as detailed as Tolkien, and as vivid +#as Stephen King. There is even writing in verses of wisdom like any +#holy book, but for the main tribes in Dunes universe +# Frank Herbert designed the rhythm of the books, and how they all +# connect to create a space opera that influences and entertains +# the reader at every stage of each Dune novel. + +The Origin of Most Sci-Fi Tropes + +Frank Herbert's 1965 Dune is to science fiction what +The Lord of The Rings is to fantasy: +the most popular, most influential and most +critically-acclaimed novel in the genre. + +@starwars.jpg +I am not going to stab Star Wars like most of the Dune fanbase, given +that Frank Herbert, the author, said that if wasn't Star Wars it would +be another director that would take as much as Star Wars did. +If you want examples, the Senate is the Space Guild in Dune. +The Jedi training and powers are almost identical to the Bene Geserrit Skills. +The sand worm in Return of the Jedi... And the list continues + +@incal.jpg + +@expanse.png + +Morality vs Ethics +#Herbert wanted the readers to not only entertain the reader, +# but to create a vessel to think about deeper Human issues. +# While most sci-fi in the past, focuses on speculation and +# adventure to distract, Herbert utilizes Sci-Fi to ask questions. + +Herbert challenge us to examine our conventions and culture + +Herbert constantly emphasis the importance of +learning from the mistakes of the past + +The most dangerous of all creations is a rigid code of ethics +# In Children of Doom, the main topic is how the code of humankind +# and the application of strict ethics can lead to fatal conflicts. +# thus given us a lesson on totalitarians and fascism. + + +Thanks for your attention. +Now go read Dune. +\ +- Carlos + |
