Really nice series of #STS#histSTM#evhums essays on Dune + author Frank Herbert's multiple connections with 'gritty' (cf shiney) scences, which I somehow missed first time around. Wondering again if anyone has written about Dune (or science fiction in general) and sociobiology/evolution/gender?
In honor of Dune Part 2, here is a little series on the Sciences of Dune we wrote for the LARB when Part 1 was released. Includes essays on prophecy, eugenics, pharmacology, language, medicine, harvesting, ethnography, and I wrote about computers and Mentats lareviewofbooks.org/feature/scie...
Sciences of “Dune”: An Introduction | Los Angeles Review of Books