[ieatkittens]

A few more points:

I'm allergic to clumsy exposition and Herbert, by and large, did a very good job.

Many times you can read what the characters are thinking. This gives you many situations where you get a sense just how tormented someone feels, but how he needs to react in order not to lose control.

Fremen suffering in general. How it shapes their rituals, culture and further development of the story. Interesting also how it clashes with other cultures. There's also a nice part about how they must continue to suffer along, lest they become weak.

A few analogies to our dependency on oil.

The Great Maker <3