Posted February 13, 2020
Huinehtar: Here are very quick scans of my own personal Dune Encyclopedia copy (sorry about the poor quality), and yes indeed, the mentions of House Ordos are very light and even not in the direction Westwood chose.
But I added the first page note from Frank Herbert himself, as he was very interested in how fans can expand the Dune universe he created. Sure the Dune games and the Dune Encyclopedia have their own flaws, but none of them were poor quality fan fictions in their very own media, and especially considering the times they were released. I believe that Frank Herbert was compliant and relatively open minded (sure he despised Heavy Metal and refused the tribute Iron Maiden wanted to give him to, for instance), David Lynch's Dune was made after all...
But, hey Frank Herbert already took many inspirations from another Space Opera: the Instrumentality of Mankind from Cordwainer Smith (aka Paul Linebarger)...
As said Chateaubriand, "il ne faut pas être plus royaliste que le Roi" ("you needn't be a better royalist than the king").
A Dune "Extended Universe" could have been a thing... But just as Star Wars... *couch*.
Another funny thing, is the mentions of the Butlerian Jihad: the Dune Encyclopedia mentions Jehanne Butler, and Herbert & Anderson mention Serena Butler.
But in the end, it's a wink for Samuel Butler, the author of the books Erewhon...
That's incredibly interesting, thanks for sharing :)But I added the first page note from Frank Herbert himself, as he was very interested in how fans can expand the Dune universe he created. Sure the Dune games and the Dune Encyclopedia have their own flaws, but none of them were poor quality fan fictions in their very own media, and especially considering the times they were released. I believe that Frank Herbert was compliant and relatively open minded (sure he despised Heavy Metal and refused the tribute Iron Maiden wanted to give him to, for instance), David Lynch's Dune was made after all...
But, hey Frank Herbert already took many inspirations from another Space Opera: the Instrumentality of Mankind from Cordwainer Smith (aka Paul Linebarger)...
As said Chateaubriand, "il ne faut pas être plus royaliste que le Roi" ("you needn't be a better royalist than the king").
A Dune "Extended Universe" could have been a thing... But just as Star Wars... *couch*.
Another funny thing, is the mentions of the Butlerian Jihad: the Dune Encyclopedia mentions Jehanne Butler, and Herbert & Anderson mention Serena Butler.
But in the end, it's a wink for Samuel Butler, the author of the books Erewhon...