By Frank Herbert, Willis E. McNelly
Книга The Dune Encyclopedia: the entire, approved consultant and spouse to... The Dune Encyclopedia: the full, licensed consultant and significant other to Frank Herbert's Masterpiece of the mind's eye Книги Энциклопедии Автор: Willis E. McNelly Год издания: 1984 Формат: pdf Издат.:Berkley Страниц: 526 Размер: 10,3 ISBN: 0425068137 Язык: Английский0 (голосов: zero) Оценка:"Some lovers can have spotted obvious inconsistencies among DUNE: condominium ATREIDES (1999) and THE DUNE ENCYCLOPEDIA (1984), compiled by way of Dr. Willis E. McNelly. To solve any confusion that may exist, the authors imagine you will need to clarify that THE DUNE ENCYCLOPEDIA displays an alternative "DUNE universe" which didn't unavoidably signify the "canon" created through Frank Herbert. Frank Herbert's son, Brian Herbert, writing with Kevin J. Anderson, is constant to set up the canon of the DUNE universe. this can be being performed with the total approval of the landlord of the DUNE copyright, the Herbert constrained Partnership."While Frank Herbert himself thought of THE DUNE ENCYCLOPEDIA attention-grabbing and wonderful, he didn't consult with Dr. McNelly's spinoff paintings whereas writing any of his DUNE novels. Likewise, in writing their DUNE novels (beginning with DUNE: residence ATREIDES), Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson have solely used, and may proceed to take advantage of, Frank Herbert's unique notes in addition to their very own imaginations, and never THE DUNE ENCYCLOPEDIA."We desire that the thousands of DUNE fanatics will proceed to get pleasure from all the works written in Frank Herbert's very good universe."
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It was known long before Hohshas's time that four conditions are necessary for a sand to sing. First, the sand grains must be of approximately equal size. Second, the grains must be bonded together. This bonding is most commonly produced by the chemical deposition of water-soluble salts on the grain surfaces. Third, the packing density must be uniform. Finally, the underlying bedrock must be essentially parallel to the sand surface. Any impact produces vibrations, but when the above conditions are met this impulse can create resonance and a tone is produced.
Paul conducted Mohiam into a private chamber beyond a passage behind the throne. This was a twenty-meter cube lit by yellow glowglobes, with the deep orange hangings of a desert stilltent on the walls. " Through the grillwork which vented it, Paul's sleeping chamber looked over a deep abyss to the gentle arc of a footbridge constructed of crystal-stabilized gold and platinum, decorated by fire jewels from far Cedon. The bridge led to the galleries of the inner city across a pool and fountain filled with waterflowers with blood-red petals.
By 10151, he had decided that only the Fremen, already capable of meeting the desert on its own terms, could possibly help him implement his scheme. In addition to their own innate ecological sense, the Fremen were the In 10148, Cartha fungus threatened lo destroy Ecaz's entire fogwood crop; Kynes recommended importing spores of Kuenn's Fungus, a benign growth which crowded out the Cartha, saving the valuable wood. 1 ARRAKIS, Ecological Transformation of only people on Arrakis who did not bow in terror to the Harkonnens.