I finally read book 3 in the Dune chronicles, Children of Dune. The life of the Fremen on Arrakis aka Dune is my kind of life. MAN I have never wanted to live in a desert and ride giant worms and drink water out of dead humans more than I did when I read this book....except for when I read the other two. Children of Dune has a lot of interesting philosophy to it; the children the title refers to are the children of Maud'ib, who was the prophet/savior/king of Dune. They are "pre-borns", meaning their mother was addicted to the spice when she was preggo with them, and participated in spice overdoses while preggo. This made the children aware of themselves in the womb, and aware of and able to communicate with all their ancestors. It is pretty cool. Their fear is succumbing to one of their ancestors (who live in their mind essentially) and having their body taken over by them, becoming an "abomination". If they were to ever overdose on Spice, there is a possibility that this would happen. Anyway, since they are so aware of themselves and eternities, they discuss existence and prescience a lot, which is a great read. Cuz it makes you think. Haha. Duh. The twins' Grandmother, aunt and the mother of a local prince plot against them, and the result is another great Dune book. Love it!
