ag4@pucc-h (Angus Greiswald the fourth) (01/14/85)
I'm still trying to figure out how Frank Herbert comes off saying that every
scene in the movie Dune is completely faithfull to the book. One of the
stronger examples I can think of is the scene where the "third stage" guild
navigator visits the Emperor and at the end tells him to take care of the
problem or he will be put in some kind of torture device. Huh? Where'd that
come from? In one of the later books in the trilogy (?) there's even an excerpt
from the Guild training manual that states that the guild is strictly a
parasitic organization that will never have or use power.
BTW, does anybody know whether those silly "wierding modules" were in the book
or not? I remember the wierding room and that the Duke's men were receiving
some special training on Caladan, but nothing about modules.
P.S. If you have the time, try (re)reading Dune Messiah and Children of Dune.
It is interesting how many of the background and/or visual details that they
used in the movie actually came from these books.
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