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1739912 No.1739912 [Reply] [Original]

Why is Dune considered Science Fiction?

It's a fantasy that just happens to take place tens of thousands of years in the future.

>> No.1739917

Then what is your definition of science fiction?

>> No.1739922

>>1739917
Fiction using as of yet not practical but still possible science?

>> No.1739925

>Your face when you realize that Dune is an allegory for the Middle East and that the Fremen are the warring Arab tribes, Paul is Mohammad, Spice is oil, and the Corrino Empire represents the Western World

>> No.1739926

>It's a fantasy that just happens to take place tens of thousands of years in the future.
That's sci-fi. Partly

>> No.1739927

>>1739925
>yfw this is extremely obvious

>> No.1739928

>>1739926

Soft Sci-Fi, sure.

>> No.1739938

>>1739925
nah dude paul is Jesus

>> No.1739942
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1739942

>yfw
Harkonnen are Americans

>> No.1739951

>>1739925
>Your face when the word "allegory" sounds like Al Gore and it makes you laugh. Even a little bit.

>> No.1739955

>>1739951
>yfw "allegory" sounds like an italian saying al gore

>> No.1740008

>>1739912

Because it revolves around a certain kind of tech that defines the entire era it is set in.

But I have to agree with you it's pretty much just a bit more sci-fi than the Star wars universe

>> No.1741905

Sci - fi usually needs a "What if...." element to it to make it sci fi.

Dune seems to have a reasonable discussion of resorces running out and everyone going apeshit over what is left (water & spice)

>> No.1741913

why do you keep posting this thread?