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"Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
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@snacks dune is great if you like male author syndrome that only gets worse in the later books lol
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@snacks the best part is the worms and their lifecycle
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@georgia that's cool, but i also remember that the fremen messiah covering himself in worms to become one which always reminds me of schizo trollface comics
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@georgia The whole thing feels not that out of place which is crazy for 1960s scifi
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@georgia tbh, i'm not sure how that ecosystem is supposed to function since there's no primary producers like plants afaik
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@snacks they talk about the ecosystem pretty extensively its my favorite part
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@georgia wasn't it just worms eating eauch other and their excrements?
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@snacks youll see its kind of a spoiler
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@georgia actually, what's male author syndrome? If i look it up I just get articles about how there's fewer and fewer male authors
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@snacks male author who self-inserts into his male protagonist who is the special-est, smartest, most precocious boy! female characters are one-dimensional and subject to his male gaze.
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@georgia Just like my cringe daydreaming woah!
But yeah, mc is foretold in prophecies and a reborn messiah and... I get it
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