Dune

I’m on a science fiction fix. Just finished ‘Dune’. Spice as a driver of civilization, and lodestone on which Muad’Dib ascends to the throne of the Empire. Immensely engaging for its detail of Arrakis, home to the fierce Fremen, where water is wealth and the worms are the key.

Must read for anyone who likes far out tales. Frank Herbert visions are compelling and go away from just increasing sophistication. He imagines a greater feudal nature and mysticism about the future that I havn’t come across before.

Though I do agree with him on one point. Wealth and civilisation soften people up, distract them. Its only in the toughest of terrains that you will find creatures that truly know what it means to be alive.

Got to remember that when I make choices again.