Nizam Adrienne

Exam room

Enjoying the book? Tell us what you love! Came across an exciting/shocking part? Don't hold it in! Have questions? Ask away! The world is your oyster.

I'll update this post when we have the date for the VC discussion. In the meantime, if you have anything you want to talk about regarding the novel, go for it!

RULES

There is only one: Be respectful of people still reading the book. That means use spoiler tags and note the chapter you want to discuss on the outside of the tag, so people know where you're at and what's safe to open up. Example:

Chapter 15

Have fun!

5 hours ago, Benfro said:

Can’t use blue that’s usually for recycling. 

You have bags for recycling? 

The color of whichever one I happened to buy if it's doing its job well 

P.S. the slow axolotl is adorable @Novax25

I got this fella, an African wild dog. They look pretty cute (look at those big adorable ears!) but idk man, I'm plenty sure they can mess me up. I'd survive, I'm sure, but it wouldn't be pretty. 

On 3/14/2023 at 4:16 AM, David Smittsen said:

tiny bit but I do something much worse IMO. I pick at my skin near the nails. This can often lead to bleeding.

I need to stop but easier said than done and I've done it for forever

I do the same. It's gotten better and I don't do it nearly as bad now but still do occasionally. 

I cannot believe just how much this poll has switched in favor of the shoe pebble peeps. Y'all must really enjoy occasional shooting pain. Whatever floats your boat, I guess. I'm not generally one to judge kinks.

Not me hehe

@Santa Claus dealing with the pebbles in his shoes

This is a mean poll.

Black

Hey y'all!

Figured we'd try something a bit different since it seemed like doing the VC this time around wasn't working for folks. We can still try the VC again in the future but maybe continue to do this as an accompaniment for those who can't make it/for folks for read the book later and want to chat about it.

So to kick this off, I just grabbed some questions about Dune off the internet. You can answer some of these if you like, just talk about things you enjoyed or disliked or things you thought were interesting about the book, discuss others' responses, raise your own questions, or any combination of the above. The world is your oyster! Enjoy

1. Each chapter of Dune begins with a fictional epigraph from the writings of Princess Irulan. What purpose do you think these quotations are meant to serve? Do you think they were used effectively?
2. How does the climate of Arrakis influence Fremen culture?
3. Does Paul exploit the Fremen for his own gain?
4. In what ways does Spice influence the political organization of the Dune universe?
5. Why did Paul seek the throne?
6. In what way does removing technology (such as computers) influence the story?

7. How does the Missionaria Protective prepare the way for Paul and Jessica Atreides?

8. Is Jessica overall a good mother? What are her best and worst traits?

9. Why is Paul-Muad'Dib concerned that Stilgar is turning from a friend into a worshiper?

10. What does the rescue of the spice factory crew say about the Duke Leto and Paul?

11. What do Paul and Jessica see as noble in Fremen culture?

12. How does religion control the Fremen?

13. A lot of information and backstory is contained in the Appendices that follow the main novel. Do you feel some of this information should have been integrated into the text? Why or why not?

14. What novels have you read where you can see Dune’s possible influence? What form does this influence take (subject matter, worldbuilding, narrative structure, etc.)?
15. Consider the female characters of this novel: how they are portrayed, and what roles they play in the story. Do you find they meet, exceed, or fall short of your personal expectations for female characters in literature? Why?

17 hours ago, Megsie said:

I’m aware of the phrase personally for me it isn’t literal but more metaphor

This is why you are the best of us.

10 hours ago, Yui said:

Oh my. How horrible to think about!

she says, answering anyways

you haha

2 hours ago, Princess Star Butterfly said:

Because you can't quit your job if you suddenly had a million dollars instead?

See, I just don't think of these things Seriously considering the possibility of not being able to work has not occurred to me

Solid point that I could just quit my job and walk, I hadn't considered that.... If I just make the recommended 10k steps a day, I'm making more than I do at my job and I'm walking/stepping more than I do now so I'm getting more exercise. I'm switching my vote.

Depends but generally decimals. Exceptions being 1/2, 1/4 type of thing, particularly with cooking.

Depends on my mood to be honest lol

I don't like the beeping.

They're all so adorable, it was never easy to pick. I think I usually went Charmander but probably picked them all at some point.

Sort of indirectly. The door at my last job locks automatically and I accidentally left my house/car keys inside the office when I was the last one heading home on a Friday. My neighbor had my spare house key and so I called her and she went and got my spare car key from my house and drove both spares to me at work  

I use the dynamic tripod apparently. Never knew that's what it was called, thanks for the poll, Nova. But yeah, when I was a kid, we were basically conditioned into using the dynamic tripod. Not through scolding or anything negative but they had us use these to teach us how to hold it "properly".

If anyone wants to give it a try/thinks it would help them with comfort, here's a link to some grips: https://www.amazon.com/Pencil-Grip-Assorted-Bright-TPG-17550/dp/B00CKGO1VG/.

0 for my personal email, 3000+ for my spam email lol

Nice poll @Novax25