R McClelland's Blog Posts Tagged 'Science' (2)

Dune pg 365 – 437

There’s a lot in this section of the book that would be interesting to talk about. 

Paul’s problem of losing track of his place in time because of his memories of possible futures, for example, is brilliant and something I’ve always sort of wondered about time-travel.  I always imagined time-travelers to be profoundly confused trying to sort out where they were.  But to some extent time travel is easier because, unless we’re…

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Discussion of Pg 255-309

I knew the meaning of “Muad’Dib” before I started reading “Dune.”  Actually, most people probably do, even those who have never heard of “Dune” or Frank Herbert.  In this book, when Paul is given a Fremen name, he asks to be named for “the mouse that jumps”…