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Nonfiction Title:
The Science of Dune: An Unauthorized Exploration Into the Real Science Behind Frank Herbert's Fictional Universe • nonfiction by Kevin R. Grazier
Contents (view Concise Listing)
- vii • Introduction (The Science of Dune: An Unauthorized Exploration Into the Real Science Behind Frank Herbert's Fictional Universe) • essay by Frank R. Grazier
- 1 • Melange • essay by Carol Hart
- 21 • My Second Sight: How Tleilaxu Eyes Changed My Life • essay by Sergio Pistoi
- 29 • The Biology of the Sandworm • essay by Sibylle Hechtel
- 49 • The Dunes of Dune: The Planetology of Arakis • essay by Ralph D. Lorenz
- 59 • From Silver Fox to Kwisatz Haderach: The Possibilities of Selective Breeding Programs • essay by Carol Hart
- 67 • Evolution by Any Means on Dune • essay by Sandy Field
- 83 • The Anthropology of Dune • essay by Sharlotte Neely
- 89 • The Real Stars of Dune • essay by Kevin R. Grazier
- 111 • Prescience and Prophecy • essay by Csilla Csori
- 127 • Stillsuit • essay by John C. Smith
- 143 • The Black Hole of Pain • essay by Carol Hart
- 151 • Navigators and the Spacing Guild • essay by John C. Smith
- 167 • Memory (and the Tleilaxu) Makes the Man • essay by Csilla Csori
- 177 • Cosmic Origami: Folded Space and FTL in the Duniverse • essay by Kevin R. Grazier
- 207 • Suspensor of Disbelief • essay by Kevin R. Grazier and Ges Seger
- 217 • The Shade of Uliet: Musings on the Ecology of Dune • essay by David M. Lawrence
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