# I finished Dune (the book) and I have some questions \*spoilers!\* **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2011, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-dune-the-book-and-i-have-some-questions-spoilers/604901 "2011-12-03T00:05:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-dune-the-book-and-i-have-some-questions-spoilers/604901/61 "2011-12-14T10:04:23Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Beats the alternate method of expulsion. 😃 That’s actually not without [precedent](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria#Siberia)… > [@](#): > > In eastern Siberia, the shaman would consume the mushrooms, and others would drink his urine.[85] This urine, still containing psychoactive elements, may actually be more potent than the A. muscaria mushrooms with fewer negative effects ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-dune-the-book-and-i-have-some-questions-spoilers/604901/62 "2011-12-14T10:18:54Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Loss of his son? [Leto II The Elder](http://dune.wikia.com/wiki/Leto_Atreides_II_the_Elder) ---
**Author:** ![llcoolbj77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb9ed0/32.png) [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-dune-the-book-and-i-have-some-questions-spoilers/604901/63 "2011-12-14T21:48:44Z")
Well I know what I’m asking for, for Christmas. The Dune Encyclopedia. I actually read the whole series (plus the prequels). I have not read book 7 or 8. But I might, as the last book did leave a lot of unanswered questions. I actually liked the stories in the prequels, although the writing style was abhorrent. Kind of like Dan Brown, only worse. But it certainly rounds out most of the major players well, including the Navigation Guild… as long as you look at it like fanfic. And I think the prequels do help to flesh out the conflict between the Emperor and the Atreides (or why the Emperor might be scared of that House despite no overt hostilities). They also provide good insight into Baron Harkonnen’s motivations in using his nephews, and why each may have been good for certain duties, while the other was not. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2011, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-dune-the-book-and-i-have-some-questions-spoilers/604901/64 "2011-12-14T21:53:36Z")
> [@llcoolbj77](#): > > Well I know what I’m asking for, for Christmas. The Dune Encyclopedia. I actually read the whole series (plus the prequels). I have not read book 7 or 8. But I might, as the last book did leave a lot of unanswered questions. > > I actually liked the stories in the prequels, although the writing style was abhorrent. Kind of like Dan Brown, only worse. But it certainly rounds out most of the major players well, including the Navigation Guild… as long as you look at it like fanfic. And I think the prequels do help to flesh out the conflict between the Emperor and the Atreides (or why the Emperor might be scared of that House despite no overt hostilities). They also provide good insight into Baron Harkonnen’s motivations in using his nephews, and why each may have been good for certain duties, while the other was not. Be warned that the Dune Encyclopedia differs substantially from the prequels. It’s one reason I loathe the prequels so much…I encountered the DE a very long time before the prequels started to come out. Just remember that Frank Herbert, alive, approved the DE. Frank Herbert, dead, had absolutely nothing to do with the stuff his son put out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finished-dune-the-book-and-i-have-some-questions-spoilers/604901.md?page=3)