Reading Response 2

Currently I am reading Dune by Frank Herbert. It is a 1965 science fiction book based far into the future. This raises the question of why I enjoy science fiction books. In Dune, the people have ornothopters, a version of a plane that has wings that are manipulated like a bird's. Also, the people use shields which emanate from a belt worn by a person. These shields are strange because they deflect the quick blows but admit the slow knife.

On Arrakis, the planet this book is set on, there are giant sandworms throughout the desert landscape. This sandworms create melange. Melange has many benefits, it increases a lifespan; it greatly improves the mind for short periods; and it allow a group of men to travel through space. Melange allows the navigators to safely and instantly transport a huge ship anywhere. This is a great reason how an empire could stretch so far.

Dune	Frank Herbert	8/20	1 hour	50
Dune	Frank Herbert	8/21	1 hour	51
Dune	Frank Herbert	8/22	1 hour	49
Dune	Frank Herbert	8/23	1 hour	50
Dune	Frank Herbert	8/24	2 hours	100
Dune	Frank Herbert	8/25	1 hour 45 minutes	74
Dune	Frank Herbert	8/26	1 hour	49