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They are basing it on a book written by the son, who inherited very little of his father's writing ability.  The last couple of books he wrote to finish out the original saga are not great.

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2 hours ago, kevwun said:

They are basing it on a book written by the son, who inherited very little of his father's writing ability.  The last couple of books he wrote to finish out the original saga are not great.

While the sequels and prequels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson are not that great, they are based on very extensive notes left by Frank Herbert and they are interesting to see how he envisioned the entire chronicle

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On 5/15/2024 at 12:42 PM, kevwun said:

They are basing it on a book written by the son, who inherited very little of his father's writing ability.  The last couple of books he wrote to finish out the original saga are not great.

Dude, half of the books the father wrote were complete shit.  God Emporer of Dune is one of the worst books I've ever read.  I still don't know why I finished it.

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4 minutes ago, Chewbacca said:

Dude, half of the books the father wrote were complete shit.  God Emporer of Dune is one of the worst books I've ever read.  I still don't know why I finished it.

Listening to it now. It’s rough. Basically the god emperor telling the reader ad nauseam that he’s smarter than everyone and he’s bored. 

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On 5/16/2024 at 2:35 PM, CooterBrown said:

I'll watch.

My one nitpick is that you'd think with a 10,000 year gap there would be different technology and fashion. 

 

I suppose you could assume that a stagnating civilization would experience a decrease in technological advancement, and perhaps even regression if powerful regimes acted to prevent the general public from having access to it, in an effort to repress them.  Asimov hits on this with respect to Empire in the Foundation series, and it isn't until Seldon and the First Foundation come along, that technology begins advancing rapidly again.

As for fashion, it's cyclical and comes and goes.  So obviously what was fashionable 10,000 years ago, would eventually come back... :)

 

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I suppose you could assume that a stagnating civilization would experience a decrease in technological advancement, and perhaps even regression if powerful regimes acted to prevent the general public from having access to it, in an effort to repress them.  Asimov hits on this with respect to Empire in the Foundation series, and it isn't until Seldon and the First Foundation come along, that technology begins advancing rapidly again.
As for fashion, it's cyclical and comes and goes.  So obviously what was fashionable 10,000 years ago, would eventually come back...
 
I've only read the first book, started on the second, and done half-assed research, but wasn't there a war against what was essentially AI. The backlash to AI and computing is what made spice so important.

That might explain the lack of progress.

As far as clothes go... I've worn the same 4 shirts for 15 years.
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