Life and the Children of Dune
Wow.
I'm over 1/2 through book 3 of Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, having binged on the other books, and I have to say something now. It can't wait until I'm finished reading. I'm at a spot in the book where the twins have separated and Leto II is out in the desert contemplating his planet and how it has been transformed from a rugged, yet simple environment, to a place of political upheaval.
I just read something on Twitter that was upsetting. I have no idea if it's factual. Who knows what is fact and what is not these days. Sometimes the political arena just wants us all to live in fear. There are lies from every spectrum. No one wants us to know the truth.
Just like in Dune. So many games being played, so many forces against one another vying to be on top. All in the hierarchy with little care for common folk like you or I.
What I heard was that Medvedev on behalf of Russia's military said in reference to a possible nuclear war: "The Horsemen of the Apocalypse are already on their way and all hope now is with Lord God the Almighty”.
So now, tonight, that quotation is racing through my mind, while the picture of the desolate planet Arrakis is unveiling its sand dunes before my eyes. And I wonder, as I always do with so many science fiction novels being prophetic, should we be taking lessons on the survival of the human race from the Fremen? Shouldn't we be manufacturing stillsuits already?
