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Topic: Erasmus (Dune)


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  Erasmus (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Erasmus Grasser, leading sculptor in Munich during the early 16th century.
Erasmus programme - the higher education part of the European Union's Socrates programme for student exchange
Erasmus (Dune) - a fictional intelligent robot in the Legends of Dune series by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Erasmus_(disambiguation)   (151 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Erasmus Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus was a Dutch humanist and theologian.
Erasmus held himself aloof from all entangling obligations; yet he was in a singularly true sense the center of the literary movement of his time.
Erasmus declined to commit himself, arguing that to do so would endanger his position as a leader in the movement for pure scholarship which be regarded as his purpose in life.
www.ipedia.com /erasmus.html   (2673 words)

  
 ideas
By special heavenly permission, a sequence of pairs of historical personages (starting with Erasmus) are invited to share dinner with two 1930's Dutch hosts and with each other.
We are all halflings in the great currents of history -- but at our best we can be elf-friends (and perhaps even Ent-friends) as well.
Dune -- Frank Herbert may have put his full stock of invention into this masterpiece (its sequels are not remotely as good), but the result is a book packed with ideas and images in which historical forces clash and shift before our eyes.
hunter.ellinger.org /books/books.htm   (3656 words)

  
 Science Fiction Book Reviews
No one comes out unscathed, but even a despicable character such as the robot Erasmus gets to reveal a sympathetic side, evoking pity in the reader.
We get a true sense of individuals as pawns and knights, kings and queens, in the grip of cosmic forces.
A fan of Dune, Jodorowsky originally borrowed much from Herbert, and it's only justice that the Dune books borrow back some of his sophistications.
www.scifi.com /sfw/issue388/books.html   (830 words)

  
 Fantasy & Science Fiction
4) Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert, Authors of 'Dune: House Atreides' (Interview
This official website contains information about the authors and content of both the 'classic' Dune (Frank Herbert) and 'new' Dune (Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson) books.
This site from the science fiction author and computer programmer contains links to works online (including sixteen complete stories) and the Foundations series of science articles.
www.42explore.com /fantscifi.htm   (2268 words)

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