@wgiwf @xianc78 IT'S AN INHERENTLY PROGRESSIVE AND TECH-OPTIMISTIC GENRE AND DUNE WAS VERY MUCH A CORRECTIVE REACTION TO WHAT WAS OUT AND POPULAR IN THE GENRE AT THE TIME

"OK SO WHERE DOES THE SOCIAL COHESION COMES FROM?
DO MACHINES CONTROL MAN?
DO WE EUGENICALLY BREED COMPLIANT AND DOCILE POPULATIONS? AND IF SO -- WHY NOT LEADERS AND ARTISTS AND THINKERS?
DO WE MEDICATE ANTISOCIAL TENDENCIES AWAY?"

AND IT WAS COOL FOR A BOOK OR TWO AND THEN IT WAS ALL GHOSTWRITTEN BY A GHOLA OF DUNCAN IDAHO