Weirding Way of the Mentat
Jeffrey Nicholas
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Open Court (22 April 2011)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0812697154
£8.99
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Kurzbeschreibung
University Frank Herbert†™s Dune saga, the most widely read science-fiction story of all time and of all time to come, presents us with a cosmos in which fanaticism knows no mercy and history is made by the interplay of ruthless conspiracies.
What happens when genetic manipulation creates a godlike messiah? Must the overthrow of a brutal dictatorship generate more problems than it solves? Does our reliance on valuable resources†”oil or addictive spice†”place us at the mercy of those who can destroy those resources? Can we resurrect the dead by rebuilding persons from a few of their bodily cells?
Dune and Philosophy ambushes the Duniverse from all directions. Those anxiously admired or fondly hated characters†”Paul Atreides, Baron Vladimir Harkkonen, Duncan Idaho, The God-Emperor Leto II, the Bene Gesserit witches†”speak once more in the fearless philosophical sifting of life†™s timeless questions.
Verfasser
Jeffery Nicholas is an associate professor of philosophy at Mount Angel Seminary in St. Benedict, Oregon.
