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kleinbl00 · 3838 days ago · link · · parent · post: An alien star passed through our Solar System just 70,000 years ago, astronomers have announced.
Eh. It's a white guy's take on Saudi Aramco bedouins circa '64. You will not be at all surprised that the white guy is the messiah of prophecy destined to lead those beknighted but noble brown people out of savagery, nor that he immediately exceeds their skills at their native crafts while also charming their women (all one of them). The bad guys, on the other hand, are straight out of the Dutch East India Company, with the Catholic Church circa Pope Pious IX thrown in for good measure. I fucking hated Dune.