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“Brian Herbert is the greatest writer in the history of mankind, the literary genius who conceived and wrote Dune, an immense franchise that has been sweeping award after award for decades --using his father’s secret notes. But he's an old man now, and has overstayed his welcome. The Nobel Prize Committee of the Swedish Academy wants him to stop writing and turn over his secrets and techniques to them to control. Brian knows this would be most unwise. When Brian refuses to resign, the Academy institutes a campaign against him, spreading lies, distortions, and half-truths that seriously damage his reputation. His popularity plummets, and millions of people crowd the streets of major cities, demonstrating against him. Despite all the adversity, Brian returns to writing Dune VIII: Spice of Life, devoted to saving humanity from itself. The Academy can't remove him forcibly--without risking the loss of the critically acclaimed franchise.[...]”
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Sep 6, 2018 08:43
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Kill this child, he's an abomination.
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Sep 6, 2018 08:50
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phasmid posted:Kill this child, he's an abomination. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpEyluHxD6o
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Sep 6, 2018 09:21
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What if Atlas Shrugged but... the same....?
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Sep 6, 2018 09:54
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What are you implying??? https://twitter.com/DuneAuthor/status/1035768282777706497
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Sep 6, 2018 10:09
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Awfully nice of Neil Breen to help his buddy Brian out by acting as the story consultant
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Sep 6, 2018 12:04
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I'd like to think that it's no coincidence that Amazon also recommended cat litter for me at the bottom of the page, 'cause that synopsis sure smells a like a freshly laid turd
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Sep 7, 2018 00:14
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Hey I read the first four Dunes over the summer and everyone said god emperor of dune was gonna be crazy but it wasn't?? Maybe it was just cause I heard it was gonna be crazy, I dunno. Should I watch the David Lynch movie or what.
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Sep 7, 2018 02:22
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ChairMaster posted:Should I watch the David Lynch movie or what. Absolutely. In my opinion, the theatrical cut is better if you've already read the books.
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ChairMaster posted:Hey I read the first four Dunes over the summer and everyone said god emperor of dune was gonna be crazy but it wasn't?? Maybe it was just cause I heard it was gonna be crazy, I dunno. Should I watch the David Lynch movie or what. The last two books are where things really get crazy.
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Sep 7, 2018 02:44
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God emperor is unique because its from almostnoje single pov and the pov is insane. Theres not a kot of sci fi done like it
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Sep 7, 2018 02:47
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wasn't god-emperor supposed to be entirely first person monologuing at some point but they told herbert he had to make it more conventional? because that would've been mental
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Sep 7, 2018 03:02
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I don't think i've seen this posted here but susan surandon owns: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QcIQI4gGns it's amazing how she's almost rambling but clearly gets the big themes from the book(s)
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ChairMaster posted:Hey I read the first four Dunes over the summer and everyone said god emperor of dune was gonna be crazy but it wasn't?? Maybe it was just cause I heard it was gonna be crazy, I dunno. Should I watch the David Lynch movie or what. I think God Emperor is pretty out-there, even when compared to the original story which is fairly surreal and psychedelic. Herbert started writing about sexual politics a lot more in GEoD, though, and it's an interesting book even if the characters are poo poo. Heretics and Chapterhouse are not interesting, and by that point Herbert was a bit too full of himself. I, II, & IV are where it's at. III is adequate.
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Sep 7, 2018 04:06
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My brother pointed this out to me tonight: the Barons plan to put a Harkonnen on the throne? 100% successful.
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rndmnmbr posted:My brother pointed this out to me tonight: the Barons plan to put a Harkonnen on the throne? 100% successful. For nearly 2,500 years, at that.
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Sep 7, 2018 06:13
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phasmid posted:Kill this child, he's an abomination.
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Sep 7, 2018 17:40
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Anne Frank Funk posted:Dune VIII: Spice of Life woah woah woah what the gently caress I wsa just scrolling thru the thread and for a second I thought that was the next one coming out and I was gonna be like "who the Christ ever thought such a title would be ok??"
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Sep 8, 2018 06:11
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Umm so I guess early Westwood RTS games were open sourced after EA killed the studio and can now be played on anything, which means Dune 2000 is back in my life. (also Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert) http://www.openra.net/ And yes that is Gimli as an Atreides mentat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT5snfvxDdc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xr9oejK2xDg
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Sep 8, 2018 09:52
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i love that the opening cinematic is pretty much a shot-for-shot of Dune II for DOS but updated. also Dune II was excellent and easily one of the first great RTSes
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Sep 8, 2018 17:50
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plus the music is really good
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Sep 8, 2018 17:51
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Dungeon Ecology posted:plus the music is really good That, goonsir, is the work of one of the finest video game composers of all time; Frank Klepacki 
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MRC48B posted:That, goonsir, is the work of one of the finest video game composers of all time; Frank Klepacki He made probably the greatest video game soundtracks of the 90’s. I actually bought a few of the C and C soundtracks and they’re great workout tracks.
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Sep 8, 2018 18:32
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Yeah, I played both Dune II and Herzog Zwei on my Genesis, fun as hell back then. Herzog Zwei is sort of the progenitor of the entire genre as we know it, and Dune II refined the concepts a bit to the cursor-control that is now standard; I think I still have my carts somewhere. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3EaIIY_gkw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lqfoBJK8rg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4Spt4X3ACQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_EXZMEpAbM BeanpolePeckerwood fucked around with this message at 18:52 on Sep 8, 2018 |
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Sep 8, 2018 18:44
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MRC48B posted:That, goonsir, is the work of one of the finest video game composers of all time; Frank Klepacki Ugly In The Morning posted:He made probably the greatest video game soundtracks of the 90’s. I actually bought a few of the C and C soundtracks and they’re great workout tracks. He's about tied with Paul Romero and Jeremy Soule, I'd say.
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frank klepacki is loving excellent. He co-wrote this with someone else but it's my favorite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dH2IwmSvdU I had the Tiberian Sun soundtrack for a very long time, along with some nod/gdi pins from back in the day, somehow convincing my parents to buy both. got a backup copy of the soundtrack later on when i re-bought tiberian sun with firestorm in a bundle.
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Sep 9, 2018 01:46
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basic hitler posted:along with some nod/gdi pins from back in the day, Always wanted convince some public figure to start wearing a NOD pin or something subtle, and see how long it took before people noticed.
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Dungeon Ecology posted:easily one of the first great RTSes It *was* the first RTS, which everyone at least had tried and which was the measuring stick for everyone else. There was an earlier Sega Genesis game called Herzog Zwei, which had similar mechanics, but it did not really become such a big thing. A couple years down the road, the Games Workshop would tell a new game studio to suck poo poo on licensing their Warhammer franchise... and things happened.
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MRC48B posted:Always wanted convince some public figure to start wearing a NOD pin or something subtle, and see how long it took before people noticed. 45 seconds.
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the tiberium must flow
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Peace thru power
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"Cha-ching!"
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Sep 9, 2018 22:01
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GDI stands for GOD D*** IDIOTS!!!
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phasmid posted:GDI stands for GOD D*** IDIOTS!!! spicy
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https://i.imgur.com/9z9NdUa.gifv
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Milkfred E. Moore posted:my god, that synopsis Dr. Strangelove Shrugged?
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somebody please kill it
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the strength of the balls of the penis
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