James Davis Nicoll on Nostr: Condensed Frank Herbert: 1: "I feel very optimistic about Dune, Planet of Death!" ...

Condensed Frank Herbert:

1: "I feel very optimistic about Dune, Planet of Death!" said the Duke.

2: "ARG! I die!" said the Duke.

3: "Hey, can I be, like, your messiah?" said the boy to the nomads.

4: "ARG I die!" said the baron.

5: "Jihad is just marketing, right?"

6: "Galactic genocide sucked. At least I'll always have Chani."

"ARG I die!" said Chani.

7: "I am both a grieving widower and married to a hateful woman. At least things can't get worse."

Narrator: Things got worse.