tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269306468607044272.post1036884562949076937..comments2023-09-08T23:03:38.173-07:00Comments on Speculative Nonfiction: Shortcuts in World-BuildingMichael Catonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01017910055699348111noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3269306468607044272.post-85381483271634091442011-07-19T06:20:31.092-07:002011-07-19T06:20:31.092-07:00Mike,
If you keep reading the post-Herbert Dune b...Mike, <br />If you keep reading the post-Herbert Dune books, you find out where the robots went. <br /><br />I haven't read Herbert's notes. It's either a plotline that was in the making for a very long time, or a somewhat neat extrapolation of these sort of worldbuilding conveniences. <br /><br />A writer who wants an audience in his lifetime, writes about 'now,' even if he writes about the future. Writing only to the future is pretty much like putting a message in a bottle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com