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Hello everyone. :)

My name is Dravition, and I've been a Dune enthusiast for a couple of years now. I read up to "Chapterhouse: Dune", but I felt that I wasn't really understanding the books. So, I restarted the series and am currently finishing up "God Emperor of Dune". The significance of certain elements is starting to shine through, but I still feel I have much to learn.

Basically, I'm looking for a place to engage other inquiring minds regarding the Dune universe. I want to make the most of this deep connection I feel to the books, and I want to learn how to talk about them intelligently, so that I can share my enthusiasm with people who haven't read the series. Also, I've never been a member of a forum community, so I'm looking to learn the proper etiquette. Please feel free to instruct me if I'm doing something wrong, or could be doing something better. I don't like to think of myself as a conformist, but I would like to fit in :)
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Well Met and Welcome!

Grab a spice beer and join in!
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:text-welcomeconfetti: :text-welcomeconfetti:

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Welcome, this group of people expanded my own understanding of Dune easily tenfold when I first joined, so you're not alone. FH was a rare author in that he truely seemed to not care if people figured it all out, I think he just liked making people think. We've got people on here who've been reading the books over and over longer than I've been alive - and there's STILL plenty of stuff that isn't crystal clear. :D
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^ True that. He does get vague in a very mystical way. That just makes the books even more worthwhile.

And welcome, I'm new too :D .
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Welcome Home!
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Thanks for the warm welcome everyone :)

Thanks also to Freakzilla for directing me to the reading groups. Seems like a great place to start.
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welcome, that was a good introduction imo, I think you'll be alright :)
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Welcome
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Achlan wasachlan bik fi-sietshina!

Welcome, doubly welcome to you to our sietch! :)
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Welcome!
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Dravition wrote:Thanks for the warm welcome everyone :)

Thanks also to Freakzilla for directing me to the reading groups. Seems like a great place to start.
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well, hello there, you low-life spamming bitch, you !

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SandRider wrote:well, hello there, you low-life spamming bitch, you !

:hand:
I'm ... sorry (?) :think:
I think we should we hug it out.
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as usual, Freak deleted the spammer's posts, which I was replying to here, and in
several other threads .... so as time goes on, it makes less & less sense, but whatcha
gonna do, uh?
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Damn you americans are odd, how the hell does "uh" work in that context?!?!? Just just EH like a normal person!!!!!
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AToEs 'normal people' interpret a scifi movie.
Leto II is gone for good, except for OM. The "pearl" was just that; a miniscule portion of what Leto was, and not a compressed version of the whole. The pearl that the worms have do not make them Leto, or in any way similar to him.
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SandRider wrote:as usual, Freak deleted the spammer's posts, which I was replying to here, and in
several other threads .... so as time goes on, it makes less & less sense, but whatcha
gonna do, uh?
You want me to keep the spammer's posts? :?
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D Pope wrote:
AToEs 'normal people' interpret a scifi movie.
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