We already have “spice,” and it’s just a combo of PCP and LSD.
I really liked the SciFi miniseries Children of Dune.
Except for Susan Saranwrap’s parts.
She makes me retch.
Of topical interest: in the universe of Dune, Artificial Intelligence is *strictly* banned.
Herbert originally used Spice as a metaphor for oil and part of the theme of the book was the VERY prescient warning that those who control the oil control the world.
Sweet! Can’t wait for my belt fed, full auto weirding module. Sound-powered weapons wouldn’t be applicable under NFA laws. No powder, no self contained cartridge, ATF can go F itself
OP is worried about the plausibility of the compactness of a stillness suit, but is Ok with folding space. Still suits are a brilliant adaption. OP seems to utterly be confused about salt reclamation. It’s a byproduct of distillation, not a separate system.
Thanks for posting this.
Very long winded drivel. Either it is the best selling sci fi book of all time or it isn’t. It would not be that difficult to find out. Starting off with that is not inspiring confidence in anything that follows. Either way, it is only a mental self-pleasuring by the author trying to look smart.
Is it possible to have a complex molecule that has such amazing effects that only exists on one planet? Is it possible to have giant worms that I guess they shit it out? Is it possible that interplanetary travel is going to be done only by people who take a drug? How about having to were a suit that will recycle your own sweat and piss to be able to live in the desert? Lame!
In the 1984 Dune there were flying devices used by the humans but they were silent anti-grav vehicles not ‘ornithoptors’. These came to be in later versions. I have always felt that the ‘ornithoptor’ was a stupid idea as the beating of the ‘wings’ would produce a regular vibration. It was regular vibrations that attracted the worms - not always a good thing!
IMHO the more recent movies were entertaining but not as good as the 1984 version.
I never found Dune to be credible but when the movie came out in the 1980s I watched it a few times and it was interesting.
This article left out one key piece of Dune tech... the Axlotl Tanks.
The author and quite a few posters seem to be missing the point. Science fiction is fiction. It’s not about whether something is possible, but about assuming that something is possible and then considering what might happen if it were.
The book Dune does this quite well, though the sequels got tiresome really fast. The 1984 movie sucked dead rats. I don’t ever plan to see any other filmed Dune stuff.
I’ll try this out on you: Anything you imagine can come to pass because thought creates.
So many of us waited with great anticipation for the release of the movie Dune. It was a huge disappointment.
I need to pull my copy of the book and read it for the umpteenth time.