I'm not the first to point out the environmental themes
imlad Send a noteboard - 08/10/2009 03:18:58 PM
Even a quick google will show you that. Here's a search to try: "Frank Herbert's Dune environmentalism." Plenty of results to look through buddy, and none of them from me, or anyone else on this site I'd bet.
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Environmentalism and ecology
Dune has been called the "first planetary ecology novel on a grand scale."[12] After the publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson in 1962, science fiction writers began treating the subject of ecological change and its consequences. Dune responded in 1965 with its complex descriptions of Arrakis life, from giant sandworms (for whom water is deadly) to smaller, mouse-like life forms adapted to live with limited water. The inhabitants of the planet, the Fremen, must compromise with the ecosystem they live in, sacrificing some of their desire for a water-laden planet in order to preserve the sandworms which are so important to their culture. Dune was followed in its creation of complex and unique ecologies by other science fiction books such as A Door into Ocean (1986) and Red Mars (1992).[12] Environmentalists have pointed out that Dune's popularity as a novel depicting a planet as a complex—almost living—thing, in combination with the first images of earth from space being published in the same time period, strongly influenced environmental movements such as the establishment of the international Earth Day.[13]
{Citation 12} ^ a b James, Edward and Farah Mendlesohn. The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. pp. 183-184. ISBN 0521016576
{Citation 13} # ^ France, Edited. Facilitating Watershed Management. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefied Publishers, 2005. p. 105 ISBN 0742533646
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Environmentalism and ecology
Dune has been called the "first planetary ecology novel on a grand scale."[12] After the publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson in 1962, science fiction writers began treating the subject of ecological change and its consequences. Dune responded in 1965 with its complex descriptions of Arrakis life, from giant sandworms (for whom water is deadly) to smaller, mouse-like life forms adapted to live with limited water. The inhabitants of the planet, the Fremen, must compromise with the ecosystem they live in, sacrificing some of their desire for a water-laden planet in order to preserve the sandworms which are so important to their culture. Dune was followed in its creation of complex and unique ecologies by other science fiction books such as A Door into Ocean (1986) and Red Mars (1992).[12] Environmentalists have pointed out that Dune's popularity as a novel depicting a planet as a complex—almost living—thing, in combination with the first images of earth from space being published in the same time period, strongly influenced environmental movements such as the establishment of the international Earth Day.[13]
{Citation 12} ^ a b James, Edward and Farah Mendlesohn. The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. pp. 183-184. ISBN 0521016576
{Citation 13} # ^ France, Edited. Facilitating Watershed Management. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefied Publishers, 2005. p. 105 ISBN 0742533646
More like the impact the environment had on the resource. I think you may be projecting a wee bit of your own personal politics into the story.
It also wasn't about the personal issues caused by radical beliefs or the dangers of a few rogue actors so much as how powerful those beliefs could be if focused and how impossible they were to control once unleashed.
The book was very much about the Middle East, their control of the oil supply and the tenuous nature of our control of it.
It also wasn't about the personal issues caused by radical beliefs or the dangers of a few rogue actors so much as how powerful those beliefs could be if focused and how impossible they were to control once unleashed.
The book was very much about the Middle East, their control of the oil supply and the tenuous nature of our control of it.
Death to the Regressives of the GOP and the TeaParty. No mercy for Conservatives. Burn them all at the stake for the hateful satanists they are.
Why should I read "Dune"?
04/10/2009 01:23:46 AM
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The movie is vastly different from the book
04/10/2009 02:58:04 AM
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The movie was terrible.
04/10/2009 01:07:00 PM
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The worst part was, Herbert actually had a major role in writing the script
05/10/2009 06:22:42 PM
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because it was about the limits of power and the danger of religious fanatics
05/10/2009 06:14:03 PM
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not just the Middle East (plus other thoughts)
05/10/2009 06:30:14 PM
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Dune is pretty clearly inspired by Islam and the Arab world.
05/10/2009 07:24:00 PM
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I didn't say that the book dealt directly with America
06/10/2009 05:11:12 PM
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How very clever and relevant to the discussion of whether or not the OP should read Dune!
06/10/2009 09:24:17 PM
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I didn't see much about environmental impact
07/10/2009 06:10:05 PM
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I'm not the first to point out the environmental themes
08/10/2009 03:18:58 PM
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I guess if you want to squint hard enough you can see it
08/10/2009 07:24:26 PM
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it wasn't JUST that wiki article
09/10/2009 04:43:17 PM
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Meh.
05/10/2009 07:45:14 PM
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It gets better in the second half, i love the first part though *NM*
07/10/2009 07:41:07 AM
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