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lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 08:47
by lotek
hi everyone,
this is a delicate time indeed as I begin to realize the impact Dune and F Herbert have had on me and so many other people, and as I struggle to make my unbelieving friends come to their senses!
I stumbled on your website watching a youtube vid(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veSq_w9YKJ4&feature=fvw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) and I found the choice of Jacurutu and the Cast Out so fitting I had to come and see what it was all about...

As for me my name's Tim, I live in France but thanks to a english and sci fi loving dad, I was able to read my favourite books in both languages, and discovered from an early age F Herbert with "Whipping Star", and then I got into Dune and I've nver left Arrakis since :)

Just to add this books are so deep that I find new meanings in them at each new stage of my life, as my awareness is modified by experience and knowledge, and that in itself is the mark of a writer's genius i believe.

Briefly I like the Lynch movie for its depicting of the Fremen or the rest of the Empire, a lot less for the quick interpretation of the Dune legends
I read the pre/se-quels but was not convinced, as it lacks at least the breathtaking mindblowing writing technique of FH.

I hope to learn new things from the Dune series and maybe share my own understanding of what is for me the climax of the golden age of sci fi as they sometimes call it, and the mother of all space operas ;)

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 08:59
by Freakzilla
Great to have you here!

I'm amazed you found us through Youtube, that's wonderful!

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:02
by Rakis
Salut! :)

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:04
by Nekhrun
Freakzilla wrote:Great to have you here!

I'm amazed you found us through Youtube, that's wonderful!
We'll have to get some new stuff up there besides that video and Sloey's tribute to Chig. I should put a group of kids together to talk about kja and film it.

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:09
by Rakis
I think it's about time Chigger and Teg do something of the kind... :)

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:28
by lotek
yeps :)
I remember hearing the news of the finding of FH's notes and being thrilled to bits as I thought that never again I would get the feeling of discovering dune...
and then I read them(being also a sucker fan)and gone with the coriolis wind were my illusions...

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:34
by Freakzilla
lotek wrote:yeps :)
I remember hearing the news of the finding of FH's notes and being thrilled to bits as I thought that never again I would get the feeling of discovering dune...
and then I read them(being also a sucker fan)and gone with the coriolis wind were my illusions...
The bright side is, each time I re-read FH's books I get something new from them. And I've read them over a dozen times.

I hope you'll get the same enjoyment from them.

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:56
by Apjak
Welcome, Twice Welcome! If you're looking for that "discovering Dune" experience you can't find a better group of people to point you at new books and media than the cast-out here. Have you read any other Frank Herbert works?


P. S. ...Your Water is Ours!

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 09:58
by inhuien
hihihi lotek :)

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 10:00
by Freakzilla
Apjak wrote:Welcome, Twice Welcome! If you're looking for that "discovering Dune" experience you can't find a better group of people to point you at new books and media than the cast-out here. Have you read any other Frank Herbert works?


P. S. ...Your Water is Ours!
He read Whipping Star first... pay attention! :wink:

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 10:07
by Apjak
Doh...

:doh:

Problem was i opened the YouTube link and it covered the rest of his post when I read it.

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 10:17
by lotek
yep I've always been a sci fi fan anyway, and I actually have been reading the dune series regularly for the last 20 years at least(i'm 35 now but I truly don't remember my dune first ;) )
thing is when you do that you will find lots of things and get a real perception of the books, but i'm sure we can find a dune quote about absolute knowledge and being enclosed in a single point of view...

... and also driven by the need to make sure I'm not alone in my bookworm condition(isn't that so fitting? bookWORM of Dune! as long as it's not turned into a sequel I don't mind it being reused ;))

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 10:20
by Freakzilla
lotek wrote:...bookWORM of Dune!
Awesome! :D

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 10:23
by lotek
i actually really surprised myself with that one :mrgreen:

and my thanks to you all as I am going back on the dunes of Arrakis right from the start, so I'll be able to sustain a decent conversation on the books
It feels good not having to explain everything from scratch but it also means higher standards, and nothing else for that but reading!

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 10:36
by Tleszer
Welcome!

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:20
by A Thing of Eternity
Welcome.

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 12:22
by Mandy
Hi lotek!

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 15:43
by DuneFishUK
Welcome! :)

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 15:45
by lotek
thanks for the warm welcome, but then what else is there to expect from people who like frank herbert for his "tranquille"(as in peaceful) philosophie of life? :roll:
unless it concerns the apocryphal(had to google that one) horrors of the son and the fake prophet (good ring to it dunnit?) :crazy:

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 15:50
by GamePlayer
Generally speaking, people are much happier when they can express their opinion (bitch and moan) without being banned for doing so. We may not be the nicest people around, but we're generally a light-hearted crowd :P :wink:

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 16:15
by SandChigger
Achlan wasachlan! :D

Hi. I'm trying to be the un-nicest of the un-nice. :P

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 16:16
by Freakzilla
Just try not to make any sudden movements and keep your hands and feet away from their mouths. :wink:

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 16:26
by lotek
your very own Laza tigers :)
I shall watch out :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 16:28
by lotek
SandChigger wrote:Achlan wasachlan! :D

Hi. I'm trying to be the un-nicest of the un-nice. :P
that's so nice of you ;)

Re: lotek

Posted: 28 Jul 2009 18:52
by SandChigger
Grrrrrrrrrrrrr.


:D