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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 17:36:57 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 17:36:57 1985
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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