#but sometimes he'll make you read about DUNCAN IDAHO PROFESSIONAL ROCK CLIMBER
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Frank Herbert contains multitudes... I'm re-reading Dune Messiah, and the line "You do not beg the sun for mercy" goes so hard, and yet in the very next book he inflicts the word "beefswelling" upon us...
#the bit where Farok describes seeing the sea for the first time is genuinely one of my favourite bits of writing from anything ever#but sometimes he'll make you read about DUNCAN IDAHO PROFESSIONAL ROCK CLIMBER#when Dune is good it's transcendentally good and when it's bad it's atrocious#I wouldn't have it any other way tbh#Dune#Dune Messiah#Splash witters
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