chapotraphouse

Cool! Thank you for sharing, I didn't know most of this!

I mean the real reason for banning tech from Dune is to remove technobabble

I'd never even considered this and it is a brilliant move on Herbert's part. I was up last night trying to think how to describe high-tech body armor in a cyberpunk setting and idea after idea was bouncing off. Kevlar and other fibers can't stop rifles, ceramic seems too mundane now that it's standard issue, but where can you go from advanced composite materials without getting in to energy shields? I was stumped, couldn't think of anything that sounded sufficiently cool, while being grounded, while being setting appropriate.