Frank Herbert’s Dune is celebrated for its intricate worldbuilding. The novel features complex societies, religions, and economic systems with rich histories. Not only did Herbert create a rich fantasy world, but he also constructed a believable planet, according to Alexander Farnsworth, a climate modeler at the University of Bristol in England. Farnsworth and his colleagues simulated the climate on Arrakis and concluded that people could live on the desert planet, but Herbert probably should have relocated his cities closer to the equator than the poles. As for the giant sandworms that can swallow mining equipment whole, vertebrate paleontologist Patrick Lewis of Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, believes they push the boundaries of what biology might achieve.
2024-03-01 09:47:48
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