"Herbert's use of rhythm further demonstrates his ideas about the unconscious. He is convinced that the sound of a passage is subconsciously reconstructed by the reader even though he reads silently, and furthermore, that it has a powerful unconscious effect. As a result, Herbert wrote many of the book's crucial passages as poetry—sonnets, haiku, and other forms, depending on the mood—and then concealed them in prose. On a larger scale, he very carefully controlled the pacing of the book to underscore the sexual nature of the jihad"
-Tim O Reilly, From Concept to Fable
Found a biography online and free, I haven't read it yet, but it looks interesting so I thought I'd post it here, https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/intro.html
As I haven't read it I've no idea if it contains spoilers, so read at your own risk
"Dune, on the other hand, focuses on the figurehead of a tidal shift that has already been resisted too long and has become explosive as a result"
In case folks have never read this lengthy article/analysis of FH by Tim O'Reilly (the computer book guy) - https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/index.csp.
Very interesting indeed.
"We are aware of the reports regarding the incident involving Ryan O’Reilly last week. We are currently in the process of gathering more information and will have no further comment until we have spoken with all parties involved." via Sabre's Twitter
My short bio:
You probably know me from O'Reilly books & conferences, including the Open Source Convention (OSCON) and the Web 2.0 meme. My original business plan was “interesting work for interesting people,” and that’s worked out pretty well. I'm also a partner at O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures and on the boards of Safari Books Online, Code for America, Maker Media, and PeerJ.
Lately I've been intrigued by the emergence of "Internet of Things" and the opportunities and challenges in this area. You can see me talk about it in this interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhUEvsq1xOo.
I'll also be talking about it more at O'Reilly Solid, a new event we started about the Internet of Things: http://solidcon.com/solid2014.
This area is getting a lot of attention now, but I'd like to go beyond the hype and talk about the real ways that IoT can change how we live and do business. I’ll be answering your questions live, starting at 10AM Pacific time.
My Proof: https://twitter.com/timoreilly/status/456178718424432641
UPDATE: OK. Time to go! Thanks for all your questions today and hanging out - good stuff! Read more about IoT on the Radar blog, where I post somewhat frequently http://radar.oreilly.com/ I'll also be talking about it at Solid http://solidcon.com/solid2014
