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Re:Before ‘Dune,’ Frank Herbert learned from native Americans by hef19898 on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:58PM (#29654234)
Wasn't Frank Herbert heavily consulted the Encyclopdia's author? Would have to locate my copy to check...

And yes, the Anderson books were the only reason the Encyclopedia was thrown out. Still damn great content, so.

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Re:Before ‘Dune,’ Frank Herbert learned from native Americans by cgriswald on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @08:11PM (#29657574)
My understanding is that he was somewhat involved and also approved of the Encyclopedia. My interpretation is that his objections to it weren't really objections so much as making clear that he wouldn't be bound by anything in it; and that this is being used to re-write history and make it sound like he disliked the Encyclopedia.

> Still damn great content, so.

Exactly. It doesn't really matter what a couple of hacks have to say about it.

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