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This is how the Bene Gesserit have always been from the original novel. The Dune universe has several of these societies: the Bene Gesserit, the Mentats, the Tleilaxians (I probably misspelled the last one; I didn't go check). There is an argument to be made if this, or other "origin" series/movies are needed, but blame Frank Herbert in 1965.
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The novel Dune begins in the year 10,191. That is not AD or CE. That is from the Butlerian Jihad. Now, it is never explicitly said how long a year is in the Imperium (at least I don't recall seeing that), nor, as far as I know, was it ever mentioned when the Butlerian Jihad began relative to our current calendar. However there is no reason to expect that the Imperial year differs any more than 10% one way or other.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begins in 2025
Iterations would work equally well.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begins in 2025
Yes I did. Thanks. I'll fix my template.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begins in 2025
I assume you mean "incarnations?"
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begin in 2025
Several Eastern rite Catholic churches are in union with Rome and participate in Conclaves.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begin in 2025
Actually, I disagree. In most comic book physics, super strength does not imply invulnerability, though it does imply toughness. I haven't read comics regularly in two decades. (the monetary outlay was getting too large). However, from what I remember, Wonder Woman can be injured, whereas Superman and Supergirl cannot (at least not by most mundane weapons.) So, she does need the bracelets to avoid being injured by bullets.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begin in 2025
A bit late, but Barty Crouch states it is a magical contract. He does not have a choice. It is not spelled out what would happen if he tried to withdraw, but I think it is likely nothing good.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begin in 2025
Likely because Home Alone 2 is set in the US where the phrase "Merry Christmas" is most common and Harry Potter is set in Britain where the phrase "Happy Christmas" is most common. I would say Mr. Columbus was cognizant of these facts and used the correct phrase in each film.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begin in 2025
You apparently missed the lines in the very first episode that Angela designed what is now called the Angelatron system. (patent pending). So, while she is an artist, she is also a geek and has been since the beginning. Just because her area of expertise is different from Brennan's/Hodges/Addy/Saroyan doesn't mean should could barely understand scientific principles. I have an engineering degree. You wouldn't want me cutting up a body or doing chemistry. But designing an instrument to help with those things is a different story.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begin in 2025
Does it matter?
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World series begin in 2025
The first use of the phrase that I know about was written in 1628 when many texts were rendered in Latin. I have always known it as a latin phrase often translated into English as "there is no accounting for taste." A more correct translation is "In matters of taste there can be no dispute." which has some different connotations.
I prefer the Latin.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World begins in 2025
Yes. Typical. Use a word that only means subjugation, and take offense when someone calls you on it.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World begins in 2025
I suggest you monitor your language. Domesticated means to tame and control. Humans domesticated dogs, cats, horses. None of them have any say in their lives or society. To say humans domesticated these species is to say, and only say, that humans control them and teach them their, lower, place in society, if they have any at all.
With the gigantic number of stars available, if life tends to rise, which I believe it does, then there will be many at a similar stage of geological development as earth. Such planets could easily develop compatible species. And you are assuming that a species would have to exist in earth-like conditions to be willing to deal with us.
And I hate that word "triggered." It implies a simplistic mind that is easily upset.
The concept that many non-human species would not have any point of intersection with us is valid, but not the only possibility.
Space Opera is a sub-genre of SF. Others are hard SF, soft SF, cyberpunk, alternate history, robot SF, steampunk, and many others.
Your tastes seem to revolve around a narrow version of SF. That's fine, but you should be a ware that the genre is much larger. Its fine to not embrace all versions of SF. I'm not a fan of cyberpunk, for instant, or dystopic futures. But I don't dismiss them as "not SF."
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World begins in 2025
A part of "The Man Who Folded Himself," by David Gerrold.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World begins in 2025
Domesticated? You think these non-human species are monkeys or dogs? Savages that needed humans to teach them? If you've actually read any SF then non-humans have been all over the place. We don't know a lot about the species on the Orville yet, but looking at Star Trek, from which Orville derives a lot of inspiration, the Vulcans, Andorians, Tellerites, Klingons, and Romulans, just to name a few, have been in space with sophisticated cultures long before humans did. Personally, I thinks its silly to think we are teaching any of them anything. Cooperating with them is better. (Assuming they are cooperative as well. Klingons and Romulans were not so cooperative.)
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World begins in 2025
Hollow Earths are fairly common in SF and Adventure Fiction. From 1741s "Niels Kim's Underground Adventures" to Casaanova's "Icosameron to Burrough's Pellucisdar, to DC comics Skartaris, to Marvel's "The Savage Land" (that one's a bit murkier) to the video game Terranigma. One feature is a small sun in the center. This usually implies that there is no night, simply an endless day.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World begins in 2025
Considerably more than 1 episode. He was in 8.
Author of the Sodality Universe
The Road from Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater at Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World begins in 2025
I know. I should resist. A failing of mind.
Author of the Sodality Universe:
The Road fro Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater of Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World Series begins in 2025.
Are these sentences intended to convey a coherent thought?
I never imply that I am always right and others are wrong. What I have done is say that all evidence available supports my position and there is no evidence at all to support the other.
In other words, since we generally use the internet for research: any search for plot whole does not turn up any definition or use of the term; regardless of which search engine you use.
Enter plot whole and you do get pages of references for plot hole.
Enter plot hole in any search engine and you will get pages of references to plot hole, and none for plot whole.
I hope this is clear.
Author of the Sodality Universe:
The Road fro Antioch
In the Markets of Tyre
Flight to Lystra
The Theater of Ephesus
The Council on Jerusalem
The Shattered World Series begins in 2025.