# Theme of \*Dune\* novels - collective uprising over decadent wealth? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [February 6, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-of-dune-novels-collective-uprising-over-decadent-wealth/958988 "2022-02-06T02:25:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 60
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-of-dune-novels-collective-uprising-over-decadent-wealth/958988/60 "2022-02-08T22:11:31Z")
Well, at least now I know why I had no chance to buy that book at auction. 2.9 million crypto money, I can’t beat that. > [@So you have way too much money. You buy a comic for 2.66 Million Euro, of course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-way-too-much-money-you-buy-a-comic-for-2-66-million-euro-of-course/954776): > > The estimate was only 25,000 - 35,000 Euro, but something got out of hand: OK, I get it. Jean Giroud is better known under the name Moebius. He was a genius. Alejandro Jodorowsky is no nobody either. And Dune is just popular right now. I was outbid by a factor of over 65… sigh. The expert that estimated the sale value must have been a bit surprised too. Now who is the billionaire that has a soft spot for Dune and Jodorowsky and Moebius? And who was the other bidder who drove him to such an e… According to the OP’s initial article the bidder who won may not even be an asshole. Still: damn! That was not fair bidding. And I still wonder who the other was, the one who drove the bidding to those heights. Because had the other bidders all been “normal” people with sensible limits he would have bought the book for much less. Almost 3 million $ means there was a contest. Oh, yes, and this: > **[The 14-Hour Epic Film, Dune, That Alejandro Jodorowsky, Pink Floyd, Salvador...](https://www.openculture.com/2016/10/14-hour-epic-film-dune-that-alejandro-jodorowsky-never-made.html)** > > Frank Herbert, David Lynch, and Alejandro Jodorowsky surely all rank among the most imaginative creators of the second half of the twentieth century. I love openculture! They gave me the idea to bid, but not only me, of course. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theme-of-dune-novels-collective-uprising-over-decadent-wealth/958988)._