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DOON (sic (also sick...but funny)) [message #113022] Mon, 16 September 2013 13:57
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 17:36:57 EST
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  If you have read Dune and seen the movie now  you  should
read  the  parody:  DOON by Ellis Weiner.  I found it to be
hilarious, especially if the original book is fresh in your
mind.

  In  it,  Pall  Agamemnides  is  suspected  of  being  the
"Kumquat HaagenDasz", the desired result of the Boni Maroni
breeding  scheme.   The  parody has jest within jest within
jest.

  Certainly the original Dune was "futuristic", but not  by
much.  The parallels between oil and melange, Arab (moslem)
and fremen, etc. seem quite obvious now, but from an  early
1960's  perspective  they  were  prophetic of events of the
next two decades.  For a good  BS  session,  try  comparing
Paul  to  Ayatollah  Khomeini, with the Shah of Iran as the
PadiSHAH Emperor SHAdam IV.  How did Herbert know that  was
going to happen?  Psycho-history?  pSHAH !!!!

  Dune  was  rejected  13  times  before  being  published.
Pretty amazing for a book that  is  undisputably  the  BEST
SCIENCE  FICTION  NOVEL  EVER  WRITTEN (not necessarily the
most popular ; the Bible still holds that title).

iddic!brucec
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