Continuing from part 11 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. This is the last entry. Pages 651-709 Notes Before the Twitch Stream Page 719: "How could you do such a foolish thing?" she demanded. "He is your son," Chani said. Jessica glared at her. Heheh. But in all honesty, Jessica … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 12 (Final)

Continuing from part 9 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 591-650 Notes Before the Twitch Stream Page 614: But it's well known that repression makes a religion flourish. But on the other hand, paradise and peace make a society weak, as indicated when Jessica realizes that the Fremen … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 10

Continuing from part 8 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 521-587 Notes Before the Twitch Stream Page 521: The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. What this line means to me. It makes me think of Lord … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 9

Continuing from part 7 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source   Pages 448-520   Notes Before the Twitch Stream Page 448: [...] how much is the prophet shaping the future to fit the prophecy? What of the harmonics inherent in the act of prophecy? Does the prophet see the … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 8

Continuing from part 6 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source   Pages 371-447   Notes Before the Twitch Stream Page 371: What do you despise? By this you are truly known. Fair enough, time to get to know me. I despise pickles; social justice warriors who bitch and moan … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 7

Continuing from part 4 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 263-324 Notes before the Twitch Stream Page 263: There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. How true this is. Not necessarily for the psychic muscles (we haven't come … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 5

Continuing from part 3 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source   Pages 166-262 Notes before the Twitch Stream Whew, lot of pages to cover for this section, so I'll be a bit more selective. Anyway, it's at this point in the readings where I started to notice the sort … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 4

Continuing from part 2 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 60-105. Notes before the Twitch Stream Page 106: For the others, we can say that Paul Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 3