July 13, 2005

• Great read. When I first read at the top, "The original text is 46 pages..." I thought it was going to take all day to chew through. Alas, it's a rather easy and enjoyable read. Another grand one in my book. I especially like the bit about the Berlin Museum Beavers, and the card-predicting story. Fascinating insight... ))) bunch for the post!!
• Also, I wonder what goodies were on the missing 32nd page?
• I like how he's basically talking about the technique of literary depth and what Tolkien called the 'sub creation' without seemingly being aware of these ideas. Tremendously interesting for someone like me who dabbles around in writing fiction. Of course, Dune was a flawed book. I mean, you only had to creep up behind Frank Herbert and whisper "where's the oxygen come from?" to send him into spasm, but still, one of the greats. ;)
• Indeed, indeed...
• Of course, Dune was a flawed book. I mean, you only had to creep up behind Frank Herbert and whisper "where's the oxygen come from?" to send him into spasm, but still, one of the greats. Huh? I thought it was one of the products of the worms' chemical factories.
• I think he came up with that later, although truth be told I cannae remember. Don't think it's mentioned in Dune, probly Messiah. Anyway I was only takin' the piss. :P
• In the beginning... Fascinating read, though it will neither add to nor sutract from my relish for Dune. Herbert did such a magnificent job with the original that none of the subsequent works ever really measured up to it.
• Correct, bees. To be honest, I haven't read it since I was a teen, but lots of people seem to like it. But the methods and thoughts of writers are always interesting (to me, at least).
• Neat. Saw this on my blog two days ago :P