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Date Posted: 20:21:03 05/22/03 Thu
Author: IDAHO
Subject: Well I disagree
In reply to: Crysknife 's message, "IDAHO...Ya but..." on 18:28:37 05/22/03 Thu

Like I said, I don't hink it is at all diminishing to the Spice that people before its discovery had interstellar travel. It was much much slower. Again, is the jet engine less impressive because we had sail boats and horses as the primary means of travel 300 years ago. I don't think so

By the time of the classic novels the modes of interstellar travel that doesn't utilize the Spice is obsolete. It is probably still around, though not worth mentioning especially since the Guild monolopoly on Space travel has driven out all other slower, non-spice competitors. Like the Sail Boat, non- Spice related space travel is probably relegated to the rich who pilot their "yacht's" for short distance fun.
Just my thinking.

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I'll buy that, Idaho. (NT) -- tvscks, 21:01:09 05/22/03 Thu
- too Star Warish I think. -- Crysknife, 02:23:40 05/23/03 Fri
  - But it IS like you said -- IDAHO, 12:49:57 05/23/03 Fri
  - But it IS like you said -- IDAHO, 13:55:59 05/23/03 Fri
    - Ahh but it does conflict..... final thoughts -- Crysknife, 19:25:44 05/23/03 Fri
      - Well, actually Dune could never exist either -- IDAHO, 22:00:57 05/23/03 Fri
        Still Dune is a future if only a fantastic future. -- Crysknife, 22:36:41 05/23/03 Fri
        Well...if energy is everywhere...what about the force -- IDAHO, 01:25:58 05/24/03 Sat
        Lighten up? Not when it comes to Dune. -- Crysknife, 09:25:25 05/24/03 Sat
        Your analogies don't make sense becasue they are NOT closer to reality -- IDAHO, 14:22:40 05/24/03 Sat
        OH GOD STOP!!!!! Are you even listening to yourself??? -- theButterfly, 17:59:21 05/24/03 Sat
        How about this as an explanation..and GOD listen to YOURSELF -- IDAHO, 20:33:29 05/24/03 Sat
        Ah, thank you. -- theButterfly, 19:57:52 05/25/03 Sun
        Thanks for the thoughtful reply, but I think I made my points already so I don't need to rehash. Peace (NT) -- IDAHO, 22:22:24 05/25/03 Sun
        What the worms eat -- AntiPaul, 06:46:28 05/26/03 Mon
        But how does the worm metabolize that? (NT) -- IDAHO, 14:17:12 05/26/03 Mon
        Silica (Any chemistry majors out there?) -- AnitPaul, 15:54:37 05/26/03 Mon
        Frank Herbert on Ecology...How about the later novels? -- IDAHO, 17:21:32 05/26/03 Mon
        Not knocking Pre's -- AnitPaul, 17:59:19 05/26/03 Mon
        Too each his own, that's perfectly valid. (NT) -- IDAHO, 18:27:34 05/26/03 Mon
        Idaho -- Crysknife, 18:17:42 05/26/03 Mon
        I was joking about The Star Wars Star Trek travel -- IDAHO, 18:36:26 05/26/03 Mon