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I didn't see much about environmental impact random thoughts Send a noteboard - 07/10/2009 06:10:05 PM
More like the impact the environment had on the resource. I think you may be projecting a wee bit of your own personal politics into the story.

It also wasn't about the personal issues caused by radical beliefs or the dangers of a few rogue actors so much as how powerful those beliefs could be if focused and how impossible they were to control once unleashed.

The book was very much about the Middle East, their control of the oil supply and the tenuous nature of our control of it.
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not just the Middle East (plus other thoughts) imlad - 05/10/2009 06:30:14 PM 932 Views
Dune is pretty clearly inspired by Islam and the Arab world. Joker - 05/10/2009 07:24:00 PM 947 Views
I didn't say that the book dealt directly with America imlad - 06/10/2009 05:11:12 PM 937 Views
How very clever and relevant to the discussion of whether or not the OP should read Dune! Joker - 06/10/2009 09:24:17 PM 945 Views
I didn't see much about environmental impact random thoughts - 07/10/2009 06:10:05 PM 1005 Views
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It is possible your right random thoughts - 09/10/2009 08:14:14 PM 1095 Views
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