> it's meant to be evocative more than illustrative Agree, and those evocative references were one of things I loved when first reading the Dune series many ye

> it's meant to be evocative more than illustrative Agree, and those evocative references were one of things I loved when first reading the Dune series many years ago as well as watching the '84 film. I still remember being taken aback at the reference to "Emperor Hitler" and the fact that knowledge of him was (rightfully) lost with time, but also along with most other knowledge of our era.