I'm currently reading Frank Herbert's "Dune" for the first time.

I was struck by this passage. It comes right after the Reverend Mother has tested Paul Atreides. She is talking with him.

"๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ."

How apropos seventy years later.

@Wolf Butlerian refers to Samuel Butler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erewhon

Some more specific quotes from Butler are here: https://www.clockworks2.org/wiki/index.php?title=Darwin_Among_the_Machines

Dysonโ€™s book is great too.

Erewhon - Wikipedia

@edwiebe
Thank you!

Good golly there are some very erudite people on the Fediverse. Who knew reading and thinking was still in fashion here? ๐Ÿ‘

@Wolf If you want your mind blown read @adapalmer's novel Too Like the Lightning, and the rest of that series.
@edwiebe @adapalmer
Thank you for the recommendation. I've put those in my queue.