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The Navigators
I am new here, so forgive me if this has already been addressed. The Navigator is the Lynch film (as I've read here) was mainly for exposition and a "cool" special effects development (for the time period). But in relation to the book (skimmed through a few portions of it, and it's been awhile, so I have forgotten some of the details), were the navigators mentioned in detail? I have no memory of it being in the book, and don't remember that situation in the book where the tank-navigator meets up with the Emperor. Was that scene in the film completely fictionalized to present information from the book? Plus, a remember another scene with that same navigator floating around in space. Was that also just another exposition piece to demonstrate how spice folds space for guild travel? Once again, it's been awhile since I've read the book and watched the film, so some of it's a bit hazy. I've recently gained a new interest in Dune, however. Thank you in advance for any clarification.
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Completely fictionalized.Iganahl wrote:I am new here, so forgive me if this has already been addressed. The Navigator is the Lynch film (as I've read here) was mainly for exposition and a "cool" special effects development (for the time period). But in relation to the book (skimmed through a few portions of it, and it's been awhile, so I have forgotten some of the details), were the navigators mentioned in detail? I have no memory of it being in the book, and don't remember that situation in the book where the tank-navigator meets up with the Emperor. Was that scene in the film completely fictionalized to present information from the book?
That too was not in the book. The inner workings of the Spacing Guild were a complete mystery to everyone.Plus, a remember another scene with that same navigator floating around in space. Was that also just another exposition piece to demonstrate how spice folds space for guild travel? Once again, it's been awhile since I've read the book and watched the film, so some of it's a bit hazy. I've recently gained a new interest in Dune, however. Thank you in advance for any clarification.
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Well, if your are curious about how the navigator are, you should read the DUNE MESSIAH, the sequel to DUNE written by Frank Hebert, the only real writer of the Dune universe.
In one of the first chapters of the book, there is a description of how a navigator is. They have a fish-like appearance, you can find a lot of draws of a navigator in the web.
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Welcome, man!
Well, if your are curious about how the navigator are, you should read the DUNE MESSIAH, the sequel to DUNE written by Frank Hebert, the only real writer of the Dune universe.
In one of the first chapters of the book, there is a description of how a navigator is. They have a fish-like appearance, you can find a lot of draws of a navigator in the web.
I expect I helped you.
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What? I answered his question!Lisan Al-Gaib wrote:Freak, be a little more nice with our new fellow!
We have a whole forum for introductions.
Edric, the navigator who is described in Dune Messaih is described as humanoid with elongated, webbed limbs.
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*giggles*Omphalos wrote:Or based on Hyppo.SandChigger wrote:If it had teeth in there we could have a Naked Lunch crossover! Oooh!Ghost wrote:The movie one had a vagina as a mouth
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NORMA CENVA WAS A MAN!
Think about it.
Navigators are always men. There is no mention of a female navigator in any of FH's books, only in The Encyclopedia and the crap by KJA and The Other Guy.
It has to do with the nature of prescience in the Duniverse: men have it stronger than women. For Norma(n) to be a Navigator (THE FIRST Navigator even)...she had to be a he!
In the inferior, alternate Duniverses some would have us accept, Aurelius discovered the truth only after they'd tied the knot, and his pride wouldn't let him divorce her or let the secret get out. Their five children were actually fathered by Norman on a forgotten surrogate.
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Think about it.
Navigators are always men. There is no mention of a female navigator in any of FH's books, only in The Encyclopedia and the crap by KJA and The Other Guy.
It has to do with the nature of prescience in the Duniverse: men have it stronger than women. For Norma(n) to be a Navigator (THE FIRST Navigator even)...she had to be a he!
In the inferior, alternate Duniverses some would have us accept, Aurelius discovered the truth only after they'd tied the knot, and his pride wouldn't let him divorce her or let the secret get out. Their five children were actually fathered by Norman on a forgotten surrogate.
IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW!
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(Speaking of the Old Tail of Red Deer, anyone heard anything more about her planned "Krazy Koncubine Koonts of Kaitain" fanfic? I figure she's working up the background info and characters for this year's NaNoWriMo.
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"The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate."SandChigger wrote:Yeah, but he got SO MANY of the details wrong...and he LEFT OUT a bunch of shit...and he was a SLOW WRITER!Freakzilla wrote:But FH didn't say Norma was a navigator, just a ship designer... and mother.
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