MauDib

All that FH said about lasgun/shield interaction is that it was equal to a small nuclear explosion.

Time, like the circle, has no beginning or end. It took human kind to begin to measure time... without us, time would just keep going, oblivious to our passing... ;)

Isn't that what they did though? On the covers of my Dune books, it says, "Book (insert number here) in the Dune Chronicles-the best selling science fiction adventure of all time". On the covers of the prequels, it says "Book (whatever) of the Dune prequels", and on the other series, it says, "Book (meh) of Dune Legends". The only thing they have in common is the mention of Dune on the covers... After I read the prequels, I became more interested in Dune. Once I read the Dune books, there was ZERO doubt in my mind that Frank Herbert is the superior writer/craftsman. The others are not without they're interest, but in are in NO way a match for FH's work. So is that your real problem with them? obviously you have issues with their ability (or lack thereof) to write, but is it really so horrible to you that they've renounced this other work in favor of there own vision? Can you blame them? If you intended to peddle shit and call it gold, would you like somebody else coming into your area selling real gold? And if that is the case, who the hell cares? They're books! Just written words on a bunch of pages. Why get all bent out of shape about it? Also, yeah, it's a forum...

Gotta clear up some confusion here... If Frank Herbert HIMSELF encouraged others to form their own interpretations of his work, and even go as far as to write them (Encyclopedia), why is it so bad that his own son is continuing his work? Granted, the House and Legends series weren't as good as the original 6 books... but they're not without their merit. I don't know that they were meant to continue the canon established by Frank, but that doesn't make them the work of the devil. So what if they're a little simple when compared to the Dune masterworks? They helped bring a whole new group of readers to Franks work. They were my first exposure to Dune. I even thought that movie from way back when sucked ass, and as such wrote off the whole Dune franchise for a time. After reading those books, I got more interested in Dune, even sat through that terrible, terrible movie... *shudder* I knew however, that the original 6 HAD to be better... And they are, but they don't cause me to absolutley outright dismiss the work of BH/KJA. I've never read the encyclopedia, but I'm interested in some of the interpretations it contains. EVEN THOUGH it wasn't written directly by FH, it may contain some info I might find interesting, even if I don't buy it entirely (Face Dancer thing is a good example). In closing, why the damn fuss? Seems like a waste of energy to me. Like it or not, BH and crew are at werk on new Dune related material. Read it or don't... I don't care, but why the hell does it seem to be such a hot button issue?

From what I've read, the Herbert foundation has disavowed any ties with the Dune Encyclopedia, so I don't know that anything the encyclopedia has to say about the subject still applies ???. That being said, would rigor mortis set in the same for a face dancer as for a "normal" person? If that were the case, isn't it plausible that one would retain the form one were in when one perished? You know, keeping in mind that the face dancers employed zero muscular control in making a change...