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Other people have documented Herbert's obsession with the californian ecology movement and dune re-establishment. I think he took things happening in small scal
by ggm 2y ago
Other people have documented Herbert's obsession with the californian ecology movement and dune re-establishment. I think he took things happening in small scale and used them as filler/detail to a story he wanted to tell in large scale.
- ggm 2y agoOregon not California. https://niche-canada.org/2020/04/24/frank-herberts-ecology-and-the-science-of-soil-conservation/ https://niche-canada.org/2020/04/24/frank-herberts-ecology-a...
- variaga 2y agoThe Oregon dunes are a great place to visit (at least, I enjoyed them) - not like anything else you'll find in North America. And you can tell people you've been to the dunes that inspired "Dune" :) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Dunes_National_Recreation_Area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon_Dunes_National_Recrea...
- radarsat1 2y ago> I think he took things happening in small scale and used them as filler/detail to a story he wanted to tell in large scale. I think this must be a common thing that good scifi authors do. I saw a talk by William Gibson many years ago where he mentioned something very similar, he called it "part of his science fiction toolkit".
- ggm 2y agoKim Stanley Robinson is carrying the story forward.