----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Grimaldi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:14 AM Subject: Re: The Films They Dare Not Make Today
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > As to Dune: As a jew I was uncomfortable with the motif > > of the books but not enough to prevent my enjoyment of > > them (or at least the first one; I found the sequels > > tiresome). I was made more uncomfortible when I learned > > that the name Sadakars (spell?) given to the emporer's > > elite warriors was actually a reference to ancient > > Israeli soldiers > > In the last 2 sequels, there are characters who've > maintained the Jewish faith from generation to > generation, intact from ancient times, something > no other religion was able to do without losing > its identity among the other religions. Making > that at least a 15,000 year track record. > 25,000. Just read The Butlerian Jihad. It takes place 10,000 years from now and 10,000 before Dune. xponent It Was Good Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
