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  1. "Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance." - Frank Herbert, "God Emperor of Dune"

    #Quotes #FrankHerbert #Dune #PrisonAbolition

  2. "Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance." - Frank Herbert, "God Emperor of Dune"

    #Quotes #FrankHerbert #Dune #PrisonAbolition

  3. "Prisons are needed only to provide the illusion that courts and police are effective. They're a kind of job insurance." - Frank Herbert, "God Emperor of Dune"

    #Quotes #FrankHerbert #Dune #PrisonAbolition

  4. Overrated

    Daily writing prompt What’s a classic book that you think is overrated? View all responses

    You know what it is about this question that I don’t like? Obviously you don’t because why would you? Unless you’re a telepath or something which would make sense. And would be kind of cool. Are you? What I don’t like about this question is that it assumes the person answering it is not only a literary scholar or expert, but has the authority to decide and determine what we should and shouldn’t read, and why. I don’t care if it’s Janet Maslin or Roger Ebert, everything boils down to taste and personal preference (which might be the same things, I don’t know), and not to sound self-important, but I want to make those decisions myself.

    So what does this all mean? It means that while I like reading a synopsis of a book or a movie, I don’t want to read reviews or look at ratings of a book or a movie.

    Having said all that I’ll answer the question because a book just popped into my mind. I’m guessing someone out there is a telepath and put the thought there although I’m not sure how that would work because I haven’t published this blog yet. But then would that matter because the telepath would know what I’m typing here before I publish it, right?

    The book: Dune by Frank Herbert
    Why: I thought it was boring and I didn’t like Paul

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ&list=RDyYvkICbTZIQ&start_radio=1

    #Movies #books #TheBeatles #dailyprompt #reviews #dailyprompt2761 #Dune #FrankHerbert #Telepathy
  5. Overrated

    Daily writing prompt What’s a classic book that you think is overrated? View all responses

    You know what it is about this question that I don’t like? Obviously you don’t because why would you? Unless you’re a telepath or something which would make sense. And would be kind of cool. Are you? What I don’t like about this question is that it assumes the person answering it is not only a literary scholar or expert, but has the authority to decide and determine what we should and shouldn’t read, and why. I don’t care if it’s Janet Maslin or Roger Ebert, everything boils down to taste and personal preference (which might be the same things, I don’t know), and not to sound self-important, but I want to make those decisions myself.

    So what does this all mean? It means that while I like reading a synopsis of a book or a movie, I don’t want to read reviews or look at ratings of a book or a movie.

    Having said all that I’ll answer the question because a book just popped into my mind. I’m guessing someone out there is a telepath and put the thought there although I’m not sure how that would work because I haven’t published this blog yet. But then would that matter because the telepath would know what I’m typing here before I publish it, right?

    The book: Dune by Frank Herbert
    Why: I thought it was boring and I didn’t like Paul

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ&list=RDyYvkICbTZIQ&start_radio=1

    #books #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2761 #Dune #FrankHerbert #Movies #reviews #Telepathy #TheBeatles
  6. Overrated

    Daily writing prompt What’s a classic book that you think is overrated? View all responses

    You know what it is about this question that I don’t like? Obviously you don’t because why would you? Unless you’re a telepath or something which would make sense. And would be kind of cool. Are you? What I don’t like about this question is that it assumes the person answering it is not only a literary scholar or expert, but has the authority to decide and determine what we should and shouldn’t read, and why. I don’t care if it’s Janet Maslin or Roger Ebert, everything boils down to taste and personal preference (which might be the same things, I don’t know), and not to sound self-important, but I want to make those decisions myself.

    So what does this all mean? It means that while I like reading a synopsis of a book or a movie, I don’t want to read reviews or look at ratings of a book or a movie.

    Having said all that I’ll answer the question because a book just popped into my mind. I’m guessing someone out there is a telepath and put the thought there although I’m not sure how that would work because I haven’t published this blog yet. But then would that matter because the telepath would know what I’m typing here before I publish it, right?

    The book: Dune by Frank Herbert
    Why: I thought it was boring and I didn’t like Paul

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ&list=RDyYvkICbTZIQ&start_radio=1

    #books #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2761 #Dune #FrankHerbert #Movies #reviews #Telepathy #TheBeatles
  7. Overrated

    Daily writing prompt What’s a classic book that you think is overrated? View all responses

    You know what it is about this question that I don’t like? Obviously you don’t because why would you? Unless you’re a telepath or something which would make sense. And would be kind of cool. Are you? What I don’t like about this question is that it assumes the person answering it is not only a literary scholar or expert, but has the authority to decide and determine what we should and shouldn’t read, and why. I don’t care if it’s Janet Maslin or Roger Ebert, everything boils down to taste and personal preference (which might be the same things, I don’t know), and not to sound self-important, but I want to make those decisions myself.

    So what does this all mean? It means that while I like reading a synopsis of a book or a movie, I don’t want to read reviews or look at ratings of a book or a movie.

    Having said all that I’ll answer the question because a book just popped into my mind. I’m guessing someone out there is a telepath and put the thought there although I’m not sure how that would work because I haven’t published this blog yet. But then would that matter because the telepath would know what I’m typing here before I publish it, right?

    The book: Dune by Frank Herbert
    Why: I thought it was boring and I didn’t like Paul

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ&list=RDyYvkICbTZIQ&start_radio=1

    #books #dailyprompt #dailyprompt2761 #Dune #FrankHerbert #Movies #reviews #Telepathy #TheBeatles
  8. Overrated

    Daily writing prompt What’s a classic book that you think is overrated? View all responses

    You know what it is about this question that I don’t like? Obviously you don’t because why would you? Unless you’re a telepath or something which would make sense. And would be kind of cool. Are you? What I don’t like about this question is that it assumes the person answering it is not only a literary scholar or expert, but has the authority to decide and determine what we should and shouldn’t read, and why. I don’t care if it’s Janet Maslin or Roger Ebert, everything boils down to taste and personal preference (which might be the same things, I don’t know), and not to sound self-important, but I want to make those decisions myself.

    So what does this all mean? It means that while I like reading a synopsis of a book or a movie, I don’t want to read reviews or look at ratings of a book or a movie.

    Having said all that I’ll answer the question because a book just popped into my mind. I’m guessing someone out there is a telepath and put the thought there although I’m not sure how that would work because I haven’t published this blog yet. But then would that matter because the telepath would know what I’m typing here before I publish it, right?

    The book: Dune by Frank Herbert
    Why: I thought it was boring and I didn’t like Paul

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvkICbTZIQ&list=RDyYvkICbTZIQ&start_radio=1

    #Movies #books #TheBeatles #dailyprompt #reviews #dailyprompt2761 #Dune #FrankHerbert #Telepathy
  9. I’m late to the Sabres of Paradise — Dune comparison and curious if anyone has read Sabres and know if it’s a compelling story, I mean apart from historical importance of the events.

    #SabresOfParadise #Dune #History #LesleyBlanch #FrankHerbert

  10. I’m late to the Sabres of Paradise — Dune comparison and curious if anyone has read Sabres and know if it’s a compelling story, I mean apart from historical importance of the events.

  11. I’m late to the Sabres of Paradise — Dune comparison and curious if anyone has read Sabres and know if it’s a compelling story, I mean apart from historical importance of the events.

    #SabresOfParadise #Dune #History #LesleyBlanch #FrankHerbert

  12. I’m late to the Sabres of Paradise — Dune comparison and curious if anyone has read Sabres and know if it’s a compelling story, I mean apart from historical importance of the events.

    #SabresOfParadise #Dune #History #LesleyBlanch #FrankHerbert

  13. I’m late to the Sabres of Paradise — Dune comparison and curious if anyone has read Sabres and know if it’s a compelling story, I mean apart from historical importance of the events.

    #SabresOfParadise #Dune #History #LesleyBlanch #FrankHerbert

  14. "Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it's a mountain. From the top of the mountain you cannot see the mountain." - Frank Herbert, Dune (1965)

    #Quotes #Dune #FrankHerbert #ScienceFiction