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byphekno ( 719662 ) writes:
at my seitch.
Sincerely,
Muad'Dib
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byJulian Morrison ( 5575 ) writes:
Why not? Well (1) they were hiding their numbers from the Padishah emperor and the Harkonnens (2) they needed all their money to bribe the spacing guild to hide their numbers (3) it was unthinkable to imperil spice production (4) waterbombing Arrakis would quickly kill off the spice and the worms (5) the guild navigators would see this quite clearly in advance, and turn against them (6) they'd lose the addictive spice, worms as transport, Shai-hulud, and the impenetrable defensive wall of the desert. Plus they were, when it came down to it, tribal semi-savages, and more used to persistence than immediacy.
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