Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: davidd0002@proton.me (David Duffy) Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Frank Herbert: Dune vs. Hellstroms Hive Date: Fri, 9 May 2025 00:54:46 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 12 Message-ID: References: Injection-Date: Fri, 09 May 2025 02:54:47 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="147a5956efe2dd291182ae6ee17ee699"; logging-data="2416632"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/8fiBQrQfKosRviQG8wGD0aWjMhz1ZAZM=" User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20240224 ("Banff") (Linux/6.8.0-59-generic (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:8F1p197yVXYgdw4kXSx2K/xvSps= Ignatios Souvatzis wrote: > First, both the books themes as well as the style has some > similarities. > > Both books describe a world with a hidden society that's differently > organized than the main society on the planet. Just as true of _Santaroga Barrier_, and even _The Heaven Makers_. I do have a soft spot for _HH_ - where you end up cheering for the truly totalitarian hiveists. Cheers, David Duffy