Anothernhym

OPEC and the United States keep fossil fuels artificially inflated through constant wars and their barbaric sanctions against Iran & Venezuela. How much would a barrel of oil cost if they were allowed to sell on the free market?

The story line was really fascinating, especially the conflict and eventual merger with "The Whores".. However, when he wrote the last two books, beginning with the beautiful introductional ode to Herbert's deceased wife, .. it's clear his heart wasn't in it, and he was ready for the end (of either writing, or his days on the earth).

Interesting words left out of his analysis that I caught in a recent re-read.

* Zurna: A Turkish clay Clarinet of sorts, somewhat of a grandchild of a similar Egyptian instrument. * Tabla: Egyptian word for drum (also Hindi, I'm not sure which one came first). Called Derbakki by Kurds/Druze/Syrians, Dumbek and Darbuka in Turkish, and Tarabukka by the Slavs.

Spice orgy. Not an Arabic term, but rather it seems to be a reference to an early Sufism ritual where Hashish would be taken before and during a week-long Sema (think non-stop whirling dervishes). Theoretically they were not sexual, but rather considered to be an "orgy of spirituality" brought on by long-term extortion of the senses (try spinning for 30 seconds .. imagine doing it for 24 hours).

Your post was downvoted based on peoples' silly biases against the idea of anybody but the original author contributing to a sci-fi universe.

In the later books, perhaps the ones by Brian Herbert, they discover a planet of Jews, mostly unchanged for 15,000 years, except they have created some self-fashioned bene gesseret-like women.