I used to defend the books as not being homophobic, saying that the Baron was just to up the threat level to Paul, that Duncan is just wrong, etc....
Which shows it's a pattern on Herberts part. Alia is just one example. Sheena and Teg another. And they are not the only ones. He has teen girls...
Sorry mate the link for the online copy is dead. Cal State is the school that has it if, by some weird coincidence, you live close by.
Frank Herbert did that himself, with middle aged Hayt kissing 14 year old Alia (who Stilgar sees naked and says needs to get laid) against her...
There's a difference between not getting a decent break and being turned into a pedophile, which the DE did to her:shrug:
My recollection is that it the writers were grad students of McNelly's, He then edited and compiled into one book. Irulans character...
You realize your theory would require Spain discovering America after the Roman Empire settled Mars, and then 500 years later inventing TV,...
Option 2 doesn't work. 14,500 corresponds to the 20th century. The Roman Empire is founded 2,500 years earlier, and China is conquered 100 years...
It literally says they conquered China and the USA. Human history from the formation of the Roman Empire to our settling of the solar system is...
"Aleksandr creates FIRST EMPIRE. ROMAN EMPIRE arises and 16400- conquers the known world, 16000 except for China, which resists until 14400. "...
The timeline. At the very beginning of the DE.
Edit: Yup, it's the DE that had 25,000 years. The "Golden age of invention" (20th century) was 14,500 BG Edit again:. Keep in mind the DE is...
Ha, I was so distracted by Paul running away to join the space circus I had totally forgotten about the whole "Dune is in universe propoganda" junk.
Because for some reason I can never get the damn image to work I'm quote tweeting the one time I did
Yeah they've been out for quite awhile. Paul is guarding my spices.
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