I can't quite put my finger on it, obviously it has loads of made up words and terms in it too, but it somehow just feels like a real account of an actual place/time and the made up stuff just seems 'right' somehow, whereas in some fantasy stuff it just seems like they are just pulling stuff out of thin air for the hell of it.
Yeah that's a good point and I agree. I'm sure there are some really cool analysis done about what makes lore feel real versus fake, which would be interesting to read.
I get what you mean by the "nonsense bullshit" thing, I'm just curious what you think it is about Dune that helps it escape that issue.
I can't quite put my finger on it, obviously it has loads of made up words and terms in it too, but it somehow just feels like a real account of an actual place/time and the made up stuff just seems 'right' somehow, whereas in some fantasy stuff it just seems like they are just pulling stuff out of thin air for the hell of it.
Yeah that's a good point and I agree. I'm sure there are some really cool analysis done about what makes lore feel real versus fake, which would be interesting to read.