(March 14, 2011 at 2:11 pm)Chuck Wrote: Hmmm, about Dune, I was never really able to get into it. While I enjoy outright fantasy, for some reason I choke on fantasy that sells itself as science fiction on too thin a veneer of science.
Well, it's a lot like Star Wars in the way that you can't have too much "real" science, as it would take away from the story. What are the chances that the entire universe would operate on Earthly science? That being said, there was a lot of Earth science (literally) in Dune. If you're looking for "The Time Traveler" type science, you won't find it, but if you don't mind a little climatology and political science, Dune doesn't lack for that.
