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Date Posted: 02:23:40 05/23/03 Fri
Author: Crysknife
Subject: too Star Warish I think.
In reply to: tvscks 's message, "I'll buy that, Idaho." on 21:01:09 05/22/03 Thu

It is just too convienient for my tastes. You would think that Herbert would have mentioned something like that in books that are already filled with much detail. But I think I found the reason: Computers. They are outlawed. A ship that can travel that fast must have needed a powerfull A.I. to operate. Yet, I find myself torn between my own personal thoughts on events before Dune and the way B.H. and K.A. wrote them. I would rather believe that humanity really struggled to reach the stars through many generations and thousands of years and then found Arrakis and the spice, later invented the Holtzman drive and created the empire.

I will wait and see how the rest of the books play out. Let me get this right. The Spice is discovered, the Holtzman drive is invented, and the outlawing of computers is close on their heals. This all happens very close together. Yes, too convenient. I will say I liked the books very much but, this still bothers me.

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But it IS like you said -- IDAHO, 12:49:57 05/23/03 Fri
But it IS like you said -- IDAHO, 13:55:59 05/23/03 Fri
- Ahh but it does conflict..... final thoughts -- Crysknife, 19:25:44 05/23/03 Fri
  - Well, actually Dune could never exist either -- IDAHO, 22:00:57 05/23/03 Fri
    - Still Dune is a future if only a fantastic future. -- Crysknife, 22:36:41 05/23/03 Fri
      - Well...if energy is everywhere...what about the force -- IDAHO, 01:25:58 05/24/03 Sat
        Lighten up? Not when it comes to Dune. -- Crysknife, 09:25:25 05/24/03 Sat
        Your analogies don't make sense becasue they are NOT closer to reality -- IDAHO, 14:22:40 05/24/03 Sat
        OH GOD STOP!!!!! Are you even listening to yourself??? -- theButterfly, 17:59:21 05/24/03 Sat
        How about this as an explanation..and GOD listen to YOURSELF -- IDAHO, 20:33:29 05/24/03 Sat
        Ah, thank you. -- theButterfly, 19:57:52 05/25/03 Sun
        Thanks for the thoughtful reply, but I think I made my points already so I don't need to rehash. Peace (NT) -- IDAHO, 22:22:24 05/25/03 Sun
        What the worms eat -- AntiPaul, 06:46:28 05/26/03 Mon
        But how does the worm metabolize that? (NT) -- IDAHO, 14:17:12 05/26/03 Mon
        Silica (Any chemistry majors out there?) -- AnitPaul, 15:54:37 05/26/03 Mon
        Frank Herbert on Ecology...How about the later novels? -- IDAHO, 17:21:32 05/26/03 Mon
        Not knocking Pre's -- AnitPaul, 17:59:19 05/26/03 Mon
        Too each his own, that's perfectly valid. (NT) -- IDAHO, 18:27:34 05/26/03 Mon
        Idaho -- Crysknife, 18:17:42 05/26/03 Mon
        I was joking about The Star Wars Star Trek travel -- IDAHO, 18:36:26 05/26/03 Mon