Comments on: Who took 31 pages out of my copy of Dune? http://torley.com/who-took-31-pages-out-of-my-copy-of-dune I amplify your awesome. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:49:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Torley http://torley.com/who-took-31-pages-out-of-my-copy-of-dune#comment-7710 Torley Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:08:14 +0000 http://torley.com/who-took-31-pages-out-of-my-copy-of-dune/#comment-7710 ^ I wholly agree, and my obsession with the saga of <i>Dune</i> is far from over. I'm in the process of getting a Guild Navigator av (in itself a far-flung extrapolation of today's GPS-assisted navigational processes). Mentioning "Mentat" appears to be a sure way to draw bright people. Fitting. ^ I wholly agree, and my obsession with the saga of Dune is far from over. I'm in the process of getting a Guild Navigator av (in itself a far-flung extrapolation of today's GPS-assisted navigational processes).

Mentioning "Mentat" appears to be a sure way to draw bright people. Fitting.

]]> By: Onder Skall http://torley.com/who-took-31-pages-out-of-my-copy-of-dune#comment-7206 Onder Skall Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:47:34 +0000 http://torley.com/who-took-31-pages-out-of-my-copy-of-dune/#comment-7206 Has there ever been a book as unique as <i>Dune</i>? It wasn't just how "creative" he was, but the fact that he extrapolated humanity's potential, developped from skill, to such an nth degree... it's inspiring. I found when reading <i>Dune</i> my mind began pattern-extrapolation-overload like a mentat... except probably much less accurately. :) Has there ever been a book as unique as Dune? It wasn't just how "creative" he was, but the fact that he extrapolated humanity's potential, developped from skill, to such an nth degree… it's inspiring. I found when reading Dune my mind began pattern-extrapolation-overload like a mentat… except probably much less accurately. :)

]]> By: Torley http://torley.com/who-took-31-pages-out-of-my-copy-of-dune#comment-7021 Torley Sun, 04 Feb 2007 16:40:46 +0000 http://torley.com/who-took-31-pages-out-of-my-copy-of-dune/#comment-7021 Erbo, that's the first I've ever heard of that book. Sounds pretty grand. Looking it up now... Erbo, that's the first I've ever heard of that book. Sounds pretty grand. Looking it up now…

]]> By: Erbo Evans http://torley.com/who-took-31-pages-out-of-my-copy-of-dune#comment-6955 Erbo Evans Sun, 04 Feb 2007 03:32:22 +0000 http://torley.com/who-took-31-pages-out-of-my-copy-of-dune/#comment-6955 There's another one Frank Herbert did, actually with his son, Brian, called <i>Man of Two Worlds.</i> In some respects, stylistically, it's very <i>Dune</i>-like, but it's a different kind of story altogether. In it, the scion of a huge corporate empire, who's also a newspaperman and inventor, has an encounter with a youthful member of a very powerful race--the race that actually <i>thought</i> the Earth into existence. They are forced to share one body, and have to cope not only with Machiavellian schemes on Earth but with the impending threat of the erasure of the entire planet... There's another one Frank Herbert did, actually with his son, Brian, called Man of Two Worlds. In some respects, stylistically, it's very Dune-like, but it's a different kind of story altogether. In it, the scion of a huge corporate empire, who's also a newspaperman and inventor, has an encounter with a youthful member of a very powerful race–the race that actually thought the Earth into existence. They are forced to share one body, and have to cope not only with Machiavellian schemes on Earth but with the impending threat of the erasure of the entire planet…

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