for the record, like almost all big classic sci-fi, these books (dune) are remarkably bigoted and reductive. i still like space stories and political intrigue tho.
alt text: Trade Offer from Sand Worm Leto Atreides. You receive: 4000 years of planet bound subjugation. Spice, eventually. Famine. Sex ninjas from outer space. Golden Path... I recieve: Like 70 something Duncan Idahos. Gentle Hwi.
This book was where the series completely left the rails for me. So fucking bizarre.
I remember having to reread the scene where leto embraces the sandfish like, twelve times to make sure I hadn’t accidentally taken shrooms or something lmao