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Hey, I just registered today. Like so many others here I too got exposed to Dune in my early teenages. Actually it started with the Amiga game back in -92, which followed by the movie, and then I launched myself into the book itself. English is not my mother tongue and you can imagine that it was a pretty difficult read for a 12 year old in this situation, but I enjoyed whatever I could understand. :)

Years later I revisited Dune again and read the whole thing. Since then.. well, you've got another fanatic right here!

Regarding BH & KJA, yeah I read the prequels and the jihad stuff. It was a really stupid thing to do. I had to be taken into a hospital where they electro-treated and hypnotized me for 5 months straight before all traces inside my brain were wiped out. Today I am completely recovered I hope.. :drool:
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You got it all out of your head? You're the luckiest man I've ever met.
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Achlan wasachlan, ya ULFsurfer! Welcome, doubly welcome! :D
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Omphalos wrote:You got it all out of your head? You're the luckiest man I've ever met.
Well, not quite, I still remember bits of it. But like others I don't connect their books with the original at all - it's simply too different. An analogy is: I love bananas and eat it frequently. If I one day see a package saying "bananas" on it and take a bite, which turns out to be moldy pig ears instead, I wouldn't stop eating bananas because of that. I still remember chewing on that pig ear, but it won't distract me from still loving bananas.

Also, Dune Encyclopedia helps a lot too. We should be grateful that Dr. McNelly published it.

Thanks a lot for your welcome folks!
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hihihi ULFsurfer :)
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Welcome :)

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ULFsurfer wrote:Regarding BH & KJA, yeah I read the prequels and the jihad stuff. It was a really stupid thing to do. I had to be taken into a hospital where they electro-treated and hypnotized me for 5 months straight before all traces inside my brain were wiped out. Today I am completely recovered I hope.. :drool:
It's still there, it's just diluted.
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What hospital was that? I need to go and get it zapped out of me, as well.
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ErasOmnius wrote:What hospital was that? I need to go and get it zapped out of me, as well.
It's the hospital of your mind.

Think about the treatment in Orwell's 1984: "How many fingers am I holding up?"

You see a cover which text is telling your mind it says "Dune", but I am saying it says "Star Wars". Whatever I say is the truth and reality. Everything else that your mind tries to tell you is wrong. Every time you utter the word "Dune" when reading off those BH/KJA covers give yourself an electric shock. You'll be cured in no time. :-)
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welcome twice welcome

@Chig

doubly welcome ?
have you been suzywong ?
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