| Title: | Arcana Caelestia |
| Notice: | Directory listings are in topic 2 |
| Moderator: | NETRIX::thomas |
| Created: | Thu Dec 08 1983 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1300 |
| Total number of notes: | 18728 |
The Dune Encyclopedia is a compendium of people, places, and events from (what else) the Dune series. Unlike most such works, this is full of original material which attempts to fill in some of the history which Herbert hinted at but never explained. It was done with Herbert's approval, too. There were 43 contributors. It's very much in the style of an encyclopedia and I'm really hooked. There's a timeline covering important historical events from the first Emperor (Alexander the Great) thru Leto II. (Yup, the Galactic Empire has always existed. For instance, the Imperial Seat is now located in House Washington which took it over from House Windsor.) If you see it, read the entries on "Family Atomics" and the "Butlerian Jihad". If those don't grab you, then this probably isn't worth it for you. Trade paperback; $9.95; John
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| 86.1 | AKOV68::BOYAJIAN | Thu Jun 14 1984 02:54 | 9 | ||
I've seen it around, too, and I want to get it (I'm a sucker for a good concordance), but I want to hunt around a bit as I understand there is a hardcover edition out (I like my reference books in hard- cover since I figure I'm going to be thumbig through them a lot, and hardcovers are (obviously) more sturdy. If anyone in the area will have the hardcover, the New England Mobile Book Fair will, and their books are 20% off to boot. --- jerry | |||||