@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 5 months agoFrank Herbert always thought Star Wars was a Dune ripoffwww.polygon.comexternal-linkmessage-square80arrow-up1232arrow-down115
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish13•5 months agoWhich Dune book had robots? I thought that robots had been banned in the Dune universe.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoWell, the Butlerian Jihad was a big influence obviously, and later in the series they end up fighting some leftover AIs from that era. But yeah, a very different take on robots between the two
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-25 months agoWeren’t the Dune books mentioning these events published after Star Wars premiered?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•5 months agoYeah, and wasn’t even written by Frank.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•5 months agoAnd also fucking suck. the story is bad and the writing is downright young adult dystopia novel in quality.
Which Dune book had robots? I thought that robots had been banned in the Dune universe.
Well, the Butlerian Jihad was a big influence obviously, and later in the series they end up fighting some leftover AIs from that era. But yeah, a very different take on robots between the two
Weren’t the Dune books mentioning these events published after Star Wars premiered?
Yeah, and wasn’t even written by Frank.
And also fucking suck. the story is bad and the writing is downright young adult dystopia novel in quality.