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Some readers don't like the 2nd book because some of the heroes from Dune turn out to be villains, and readers can get too emotionally invested in the characters.

Spoilers much? You could have just said that some readers don't like the second book...

I am 2 chapters into Dune and while its a lot to digest, I have been completely sucked in. Thus far I know that there is a human names Paul that maybe has some forseight super powers and is being brought from Caladan to Arrakis to take over for his family's moratl enemy, the Harkonen. The Harkonnen seem to be a mafia type family that has some frickery planned for the boy. I also know there are robots that look and act like humans but seem to adhere to direct orders.

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Posted by boxcarbarney

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Posted on 1/30/24 at 1:56 pm to Bert Macklin FBI

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I also know there are robots that look and act like humans but seem to adhere to direct orders.

You must be referring to the Mentats. They're completely human. Computers, robots, or anything that can be considered a "thinking machine" is outlawed by law and religion in the Dune Universe. One of their major commandments is "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of the human mind."

This goes back to humanity's struggle with the Thinking Machines which helped enslave them.

Since computers aren't allowed, they have to get by training humans to do the work computers would normally do.

Mentats are like human computers, able to do high level computations.

There are other kinds, but I'll you discover them yourself.

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