History takes a convoluted, torturous, meandering path, full of backtracking, sideways digressions, and seemingly meaningless tangents and dead-ends.
Predicting the Future of Science Fiction
If we don’t have a vision for the future, the future might never arrive.
DUNE Review
Ultra-tough, misunderstood desert cultures can be a slightly overused trope in fantasy writing, especially alternative world fantasy. They often crop up as the much-needed army for the beset hero, at just the right time, after the hero properly impresses them and meets some ancient prophecy. It might be that the origin of this tendency lies with DUNE.
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