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Greg Sadler - Speculative Heretics of Dune
Machinic Unconscious Happy Hour
Poison, Water, and the Golden Path
This chapter explores the use of poison as a method of assassination in the Dune universe, the significance of water as a substance and its role in the golden path, and the central problem of humanity's development without destruction or loss of humanity. It also discusses the theme of stagnation and decadence, the golden path in Children of Dune, and its connection to Norse mythology and the Maoist cultural revolution.
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