# Dune Part Three **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [March 17, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-three/1028528 "2026-03-17T17:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-three/1028528/81 "2026-04-17T22:33:22Z")
Maybe the sand plankton performs some form of photosynthesis. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-three/1028528/82 "2026-04-18T04:12:29Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > [Sandworms’] insides are superheated, chemical factories (possibly nuclear in the big ones, who knows?), and they’re exotic - probably silicon-based - life. So who knows, they probably get it from the rocks they eat. Hmm, didn’t know that. In _The Kaiju Preservation Society_ by John Scalzi, the Godzilla-like monsters in question are described as being their own unique, mobile ecologies powered by self-contained organic nuclear reactors. Weird, farfetched but intriguing. ---
**Author:** ![xtenkfarpl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c2a13f/32.png) [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2026, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-three/1028528/83 "2026-04-18T18:13:26Z")
It’s an interesting topic: how much science is really used and correct in various SF books? Mission of Gravity by Hal Clement, for example? But probably a bit of a diversion here. I think a new thread might be in order… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dune-part-three/1028528.md?page=4)