Chairdogs
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Chairdogs
So I am only 100 pages through Heretics on my second readthrough of the series. Though they are not important to the overall storyline in anyway, this entry marks the introduction of the "chairdog".
I guess they have minor importance to Teg's character development (apparently he prefers traditional chairs as he does not feel right about using animals in this way).
This digression aside, what the hell would be the advantages of genetically modifying an animal so that its best us is as piece of furniture? I guess they could follow you around the house or office.
What would they look like? Is there any conceptual art by anyone? Who produces these chairdogs? Ixians, BT, other?
I guess they have minor importance to Teg's character development (apparently he prefers traditional chairs as he does not feel right about using animals in this way).
This digression aside, what the hell would be the advantages of genetically modifying an animal so that its best us is as piece of furniture? I guess they could follow you around the house or office.
What would they look like? Is there any conceptual art by anyone? Who produces these chairdogs? Ixians, BT, other?
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The BT produce them. They're just chairs, that form to a person's shape. I always thought they were kinda icky too.
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Chairdos are just a futuristic embellishment by Herbert. They appear in other non-Dune stories he wrote as well.JimmytheT wrote:So I am only 100 pages through Heretics on my second readthrough of the series. Though they are not important to the overall storyline in anyway, this entry marks the introduction of the "chairdog".
I guess they have minor importance to Teg's character development (apparently he prefers traditional chairs as he does not feel right about using animals in this way).
This digression aside, what the hell would be the advantages of genetically modifying an animal so that its best us is as piece of furniture? I guess they could follow you around the house or office.
What would they look like? Is there any conceptual art by anyone? Who produces these chairdogs? Ixians, BT, other?
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I'm against the whole idea.
I really try not to think about it.
...at all.
I really try not to think about it.
...at all.
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Re: Chairdogs
I sometimes wonder if all those stories exist in the same universe. It's been a while since I read the saboteur books. They're the only ones that I would really have a problem with. I also wonder how the chairdogs came to be.Omphalos wrote:Chairdos are just a futuristic embellishment by Herbert. They appear in other non-Dune stories he wrote as well.
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Somethings are best not to dwell on too deeply sometimes.
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What I really wonder is...
Would Freak do one?
Would Freak do one?
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I think we all know the answer to that one...
DUNE, as interpreted by a blue man with a green tushie
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(Yeah, I just wanted to see how he'd react. )
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Re: Chairdogs
this is the only image deviant art seemed to have to offer.
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I only do human females. I'm sure the Tleilaxu have much better options for sex toys.
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I don't think the chair dogs are sentient. They seem cool, tell your furniture to move around instead of moving it yourself. It conforms to your body and any position. Nanotech of some kind would seem more useful, could tell it to form into anything you want where ever ya want.
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Plus they squeak!
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dgaz6NI ... r_embedded[/youtube]trang wrote:tell your furniture to move around instead of moving it yourself.
I don't think the author should make the reader do that much work - Kevin J. Anderson
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Apjak wrote:[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dgaz6NI ... r_embedded[/youtube]trang wrote:tell your furniture to move around instead of moving it yourself.
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Re: Chairdogs
Flesh-glow-globe-lights?Freakzilla wrote:I only do human females. I'm sure the Tleilaxu have much better options for sex toys.
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Come on man, if you could speak 'the language of god' you could come up with something more interesting than that.Nekhrun wrote:Flesh-glow-globe-lights?Freakzilla wrote:I only do human females. I'm sure the Tleilaxu have much better options for sex toys.
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I'm thinking... 3' tall, deaf, dumb, blind nymphomaniac with a flat head.
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To set my beer and ashtray on, duh.JustSomeGuy wrote:Why a flat head?
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Re: Chairdogs
What about face dancers ?Nekhrun wrote:Flesh-glow-globe-lights?Freakzilla wrote:I only do human females. I'm sure the Tleilaxu have much better options for sex toys.
Also, why do castors have a flat tail ?
because they get sucked off by ducks
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Um... I think the word you wanted was "beaver"?
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Yeah! I was like, "What the hell is a 'castor'?" Thank you Google for the answer, and also for leading me to story of Castor and Pollux. Was that a proper use of quotation marks? I just don't want to look that up.
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Heeeeeey! Nice beaver!
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