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Re:Tiny Books Fit in One Hand. Will They Change the Way We R... by b5 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:38PM (#18348196)
Herbert quite deliberately planned the Dune universe to be seemingly technologically backwards to remove the crutch of technology and focus instead on human potential.
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Re:Tiny Books Fit in One Hand. Will They Change the Way We R... by dsnuh on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @02:44PM (#18348235)
Exactly, and this is why I think the series is such a standout.
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