>be giant worm, literally football stadium sized
>hear one tiny human step from 300km away
>"snacc detected"
>travel for hours
>eat one guy the size of a mosquito
>swallow 10 tons of sand too
>somehow this is considered peak sci-fi writing

exactly that nigga definitely burning at least a million calories churning through that big ass desert he hungry as fuck only to dine on a single hundred thousand calorie human or more likely a big ass metal machine which he just shits out that worm is either anorexic or herbert is retarded

>>24610931 (OP)
>>24610949
neither of you finished the series

>>24611891
Neither did Frank

>>24612310
>cancer complications
i think he gets a pass
he also left a ton of notes and those notes answered ops question
anyway his sons books post chapterhouse arent as shit as people claim

>>24612318

Yeah. They were good. Gives me hope.

>>24610931 (OP)
>>24610949
I thought they were like magic worms or some shit and ate spice and that's why they were so big
I never read that shitty book so I might be wrong

>>24612611
no
they pooped spice
that's why they are important

>>24610931 (OP)
No one praises Dune specifically for the science part. It's the prose, the themes, thr philosophy, the actual stories etc that are considered good. Think of it more as science fantasy/space opera.

>>24612883
>It's the prose, the themes, thr philosophy
All garbage

>>24613048
>the philosophy
>uhhhh leaders are bad and religion blinds people to becum tools for and weapons
I know his viewpoint was more like “religion is good for those who need it, but it’s bad when it turns fanatical,” but that’s still such a weak premise to build an entire series from. A history textbook would better impart that message than convoluted plots about worms and high-tech concubines conniving.

>>24610931 (OP)
It’s a territorial reaction not a feeding response. They’re actually filter feeders who eat smaller sand worms and the larval form of sand worms, I think they’re called nymphs or mites or something, and it’s actually a closed ecosystem. The nymphs act like phytoplankton except they eat water, which is Arrakis is a desert, and then turn into tiny sandstorms who, if they survive long enough, grow into the gargantuan grandfather worms. To stop the smaller worms from growing into bigger worms and eventually competing for territory the larger worms eat every smaller worm they can find as a strong territorial reaction. So on their way to eating that 100k calorie human that worm probably ate several million if not billions of calories of nymphs. Think more blue or humpback whale and less shark.

>>24610931 (OP)
>IS THAT... SOMETHING UNREALISTIC IN MY FANTASY BOOK ABOUT SPACE WIZARDS DOING SPACE LSD TO SEE FUTURE???!!! SAVE ME SCIENCE I'M GOING INSANE!!!!!

Anyways they filter feed on sand plankton, and attack sources of vibrations because they perceive them as competitor worms on their territory, not to eat humans.

>>24613059
Then why haven't they? Retard

>>24612310
kek

>>24613263
This. OP is a faggot.

>>24610931 (OP)
Dune is pretty shit honestly

>>24613059
What’s funny to me is how exceptionally efficient the desert men are in terms of like logistics, planning, combat and all that. But they are just absolute retarded apes in general, it’s not like this in real life. The idea that the Harkonnens just couldn’t deal with them because they mastered the sand doesn’t follow.

>>24614153
It's true, but most modern Westerners genuinely believe that third world guerilla fighters are superheroes capable of single-handedly destroying empires. See the popular opinion on: WW2 resistance, Mujahideen, Vietcong, Taliban, early stages of Ukraine war and so on. The fact that in reality all of these were proxies armed and funded by outside forces is usually disregarded.

>>24614153
>But they are just absolute retarded apes in general
Not true. The Fremen are an industrialised society, not some backward Taliban-like knuckle-draggers. Their dealings with the Guild brought them the benefits of technology.

>>24614134
Your post is pretty shit honestly

>>24614153
>absolute retarded apes in general
do you think that you could go into a jungle and fight a tribe thats been living there forever? do you not think that maybe the "home team" advantage exists?
we know from the vietcong that its incredibly hard to beat someone that knows the game more than you do

>>24613263
Nice post

>>24615069
>we know from the vietcong
We know from the NVA that guided SAMs are op af if your enemy doesn't have antiradar missiles, Vietcong on the other hand ceased to exist after the Tet offensive.

>>24614293
The taliban were literally armed by the cia to fight the soviet union

>>24616974
Is there a prize for collecting all your Fun Facts?

>>24614153
>The idea that the Harkonnens just couldn’t deal with them because they mastered the sand
The Fremen had the Guild on their side. The Harkonnens couldn't find their settlements because the Guild refused to allow satellite surveillance.

>>24613263
Based

>>24616974
That was the mujahadeen. Taliban started as a student movement to fight all the warlords after the commies were killed

>>24613059
What is actually considered good are specifically the convoluted plots about worms and high-tech concubines conniving, and the associated vibes and aesthetic.

Without those Dune is literally nothing.

>>24617660
>That was the mujahadeen. Taliban started as a student movement to fight all the warlords after the commies were killed
That's literally the same people. Some of the mujahadeen went on to form Taliban, some of them tried to form their own warlord states, but all ultimately joined the Taliban as the biggest and most capable group around.

Muhammad Omar, Mohammad Rabbani Akhund and Mohammad Ghaus Akhun were openly and officially US-armed and trained mujahadeen, and they also double as the three principal founders of Taliban.

>>24618244
>without the plot dune is literally nothing
dunesister, our response?

>>24618270
I actually like Dune, being successful on vibes alone is not bad, there's nothing to respond to.

>>24618270
None necessary.