Comment Golly, you think? (Score 2) 234
Is the OP aware the Dune milieu was intended as a commentary on the West and Middle Eastern oil?
IIRC, in the story, as ridiculously profitable as Dune was for the Emperor, the cost of his army assault ate up some 40 years worth of sales, which was almost spot on to the first Gulf War vs. Iraq's profits, which were not even taken to pay for it