Friday, October 10, 2008

Dune

no water in sight?
okay, but here's the bad news:
no humor either

4 comments:

Paul said...

Not a single drop?

Stella said...

Not even the tiniest wisecrack.

Paul said...

And the tiniest wisecrack would let a single drop through.

plop!

Stella said...

Exactly. I always give Tolkien credit for including two jokes in the 1000 pages of Lord of the Rings. Herbert might've managed at least one in Dune. I don't think anyone even smiles in that book, unless they're being smug or wicked.