MrFlibble wrote:Actually at some point I decided that figuring the possible differences between the Water of Life, spice essence, spice gas, the liquid Leto II fed to Siona etc. would be too mind-boggling, and just stopped caring
You mean, kinda like... Dr. Flibbilov or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Spice?
MrFlibble wrote:Actually at some point I decided that figuring the possible differences between the Water of Life, spice essence, spice gas, the liquid Leto II fed to Siona etc. would be too mind-boggling, and just stopped caring
You mean, kinda like... Dr. Flibbilov or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Spice?
(BTW, I imagined Stilgar riding a sandworm cowboy-style and yelling "YEEEHAW!"; I think there was something along those lines in either Paul of Dune or Winds of Dune? )
WHAT IF YOU NO LONGER HEAR THE MUSIC OF LIFE?
MEMORIES ARE NOT ENOUGH UNLESS THEY CALL YOU TO NOBLE PURPOSE!
MrFlibble wrote:(BTW, I imagined Stilgar riding a sandworm cowboy-style and yelling "YEEEHAW!"; I think there was something along those lines in either Paul of Dune or Winds of Dune? )
Oh, gee, thank you SO much for reminding me!
Some hack in Queefs of Dune wrote: Stilgar found his solo ride across the desert invigorating and cleansing. Sitting high on the gray-tan segments of the sandworm, he listened to the hiss of grains as the enormous sinuous body glided along. The hot desert winds caressed Stilgar's face, winds that would easily erase the tracks of the worm behind them, winds that would make the desert pristine again. This experience made him feel whole once more-planting his own thumper, mounting the worm with his hooks and spreaders, guiding the monster to his will.
This segues into that wondrous scene where the worm "feels" Stilgar.
Some hack in Queefs of Dune wrote: This experience made him feel whole once more-planting his own thumper, mounting the worm with his hooks and spreaders, guiding the monster to his will.
Gee, I think Stilgar and the worm want to be left alone.
HBJ
"The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars."
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
Those would be the things that spread the ring segments apart to expose the sensitive tissue beneath. You know, those. In the original, I think they were called ...
... hooks.
HBJ
"The sky calls to us. If we do not destroy ourselves, we will one day venture to the stars."
- Carl Sagan
I'm still very proud of The Quarry but … let's face it; in the end the real best way to sign off would have been with a great big rollicking Culture novel.
- Iain Banks
Not a good word to bring up when we're going through our 5 year old boy phase in other threads.
oh...
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no...
everytime I think it can stoop any lower something like this turns up... the hacq will never cease to amaze me in that respect... Who in their right mind would use such a word and exposing himself to ridicule? Don't answer that
I wanted to stop this beavis and butthead frenzy, and then they give us worm spreaders?
I've gotta stop watching family guy it is affecting my sense of humor!
But let's go talk about this on another less serious thread (you know the one)
SandChigger wrote:
You mean, kinda like... Dr. Flibbilov or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Spice?
Nice. High Five!
Some hack in Queefs of Dune wrote:The hot desert winds caressed Stilgar's face, winds that would easily erase the tracks of the worm behind them, winds that would make the desert pristine again.
Captain Obvious says, "That is horrible."
"I must admit, you have an astonishingly good idea there, Doctor...."
Some hack in Queefs of Dune wrote:The hot desert winds caressed Stilgar's face, winds that would easily erase the tracks of the worm behind them, winds that would make the desert pristine again.
Captain Obvious says, "That is horrible."
When I think of hot desert winds on Arrakis, caressed isn't the verb that comes to mind. It's like they were filling out a Mad Libs or something.
What a coincidence... Mad Libs are published by...
Freakzilla wrote:When I think of hot desert winds on Arrakis, caressed isn't the verb that comes to mind.
This caught my attention as well. Especially since it is often mentioned by Frank that those winds could tear flesh from bones. But that's of no importance for KJA/BH, naturally. Remember how Kynes in House Corrino longed to "stand naked in the biting wind" and "wallow in the sand dunes" to feel "cleansed" from the filthiness of Shaddam's court? This is where I laughed really loud, picturing this nonsense (especially the part when Kynes happily rolls on a dune slope naked, then a Fremen comes and crysknives him for leaving the sietch without a stillsuit ), then just stopped reading. It's hopeless.
WHAT IF YOU NO LONGER HEAR THE MUSIC OF LIFE?
MEMORIES ARE NOT ENOUGH UNLESS THEY CALL YOU TO NOBLE PURPOSE!
While ingestion of the Water of Life as part of the process to become a Reverend Mother would turn a Reverend Mother's eyes blue, it's not a permanent quality. It wasn't having spice in your system, but saturation of melange that caused the eyes to be blue. The Fremen and those of Arrakis had blue-on-blue eyes because melange was in everything they ate and drank, whereas the regular dosage used commonly by off-worlders was significantly less.
Didn't the BG ingest a lot of spice anyways? I'm pretty sure they did, it was just the WOL that was new to them. I'd imagine that some of them just wore contact lenses to hide the addiction.
"Even your Bene Gesserit Truthsayer is trembling," Paul said. "There are
other poisons the Reverend Mothers can use for their tricks, but once they've
used the spice liquor, the others no longer work." ~Dune
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus. ~Pink Snowman
The Guild used it, too... which points out that Mohiam could have been wearing contacts, too.
"Ah-h-h," Paul said and nodded to himself. "Guild navigators, both of you,
eh?"
"Yes!"
The shorter of the pair said: "You would blind yourself, too, and condemn us
all to slow death. Have you any idea what it means to be deprived of the spice
liquor once you're addicted?" ~Dune
Paul of Dune was so bad it gave me a seizure that dislocated both of my shoulders and prolapsed my anus. ~Pink Snowman
say Thing, did you grab that pic for your Xmas Avatar ?
also, It's not too early to begin thinking about Rocky Horror ....
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