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by beaconstudios 2799 days ago
the wind traps, from Dune?
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stephengillie 2799 days ago
Similar - wind traps in Persia and Arabia. Those in Dune were probably inspired by their real world counterparts.
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beaconstudios 2798 days ago
probably - the book did lean very heavily on middle eastern cultural references.
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