[geeks] more on dune

[Sandwich Maker]

" From: Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>
" 
" 
" Recall that the Dune books really only mention a few players in the
" ecology of Dune: the worms, the sandtrout, the sand plankton, the spice,
" and the mouse (muad'dib) is mentioned largely as an aside.  But that
" doesn't imply at all that those are all the players there are.  The very
" fact that Paul chooses the mouse as what he thinks will be a "harmless"
" name shows that there are other players in the ecology of Arrakis beyond
" the sandworm cycle; they simply don't enter into the main story.

iirc trapdoor spiders also get a mention.  i got the impression he
fused a mishmosh of desert ecologies from all over earth, then laid
the sandworm stuff on top of it.
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