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What does Star Wars, Jodorowsky, Moebius, H.R. Giger, and Papa Lynch (David Lynch) have in common?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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In Dune, the main planet of the story is Arrakis.
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Arrakis is a desert planet. Arrakis is an extreme habitat, where water
is scarce, and it never rains.
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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.
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But Arrakis, is important to the universe, because it's the only
planet in where people can harvest the most addictive spice, melange.
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Dune centers around Paul Atreides, the son of the Duke of the Atreides
clan.
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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
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#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.'
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- 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.
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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
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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.
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- Carlos
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