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To: Red Badger

Um, it’s science FICTION. LOL

That said Star Trek communicators and phasers were science fiction. Now look at your smart phone and phase arrayed radars.

What I find more interesting is a discussion of the political side and analogies to the Middle East.


63 posted on 05/12/2025 5:43:13 AM PDT by piytar (Remember Ashli Babbitt, Rosanne Boyland, and Corey Comperatore!)
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To: piytar

The entire story was an allegory of the world at that time.

Spice = Petroleum


64 posted on 05/12/2025 5:50:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: piytar
What I find more interesting is a discussion of the political side and analogies to the Middle East.

Yeah, Frank Herbert wasn't exactly subtle about that, with all the Muslim-sounding names and all. LOL

68 posted on 05/12/2025 6:13:15 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
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