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Wikipedia indirectly hints that the "Butlerian Jihad" in Frank Herbert's science fiction novel Dune might have been named after this Samuel Butler [1]. Then I
by sampo 4y ago
Wikipedia indirectly hints that the "Butlerian Jihad" in Frank Herbert's science fiction novel Dune might have been named after this Samuel Butler [1].
Then I also found some websites [2,3] that suggest the name would have come from Franklin Butler, who worked in a movement to cancel the building of a proposed R.H. Thomson Expressway through Seattle, in late 1960s and 1970s. But this timeline doesn't match: Dune was already published in 1965.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(franchise)#The_Butlerian_Jihad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune_(franchise)#The_Butlerian...
[2] https://alchetron.com/Butlerian-Jihad https://alchetron.com/Butlerian-Jihad
[3] https://crosscut.com/2013/05/concrete-dragons-how-slay-freeway https://crosscut.com/2013/05/concrete-dragons-how-slay-freew...