myers@utcsrgv.UUCP (Brad A. Myers) (12/21/84)
I just reread the Dune book in preparation for seeing the movie, and I noticed that at the very end of the book, where Paul is telling the Emperor that he is taking over, along with the Emperor are two *Guild Navigators*, which are humans with spice addiction and contact lenses to hide it. I haven't seen the movie yet, but weren't the ugly beasties the navigators in the movie? Someone said Herbert didn't describe the navigators in the book, and this is not true. Brad Myers @ University of Toronto P.S. The book is really great! With all these old great books on my shelf, I don't know why I keep buying new trash.
dragon@uw-june (Brian Matthews) (12/24/84)
In fact, there seem to be multiple "stages" of guild navigators. The ugly beastie at the start of the movie was the third stage type. These navigators are so addicted to spice that they must float in a tank of it. They are described in one of the later books by Herbert, and the ones in the movie seem to match the description pretty well. In the books, the third stage navigators never saw fit to show themselves to mere humans, until their spice supply began to get cut off, when they had to take drastic measures. In the movie, there are also two of the more human looking navigators at the end. Brian Matthews dragon@uw-june