Re: Arabic Empire in space was: Re: NSL, Not Nazis.

On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 DracSpy@aol.com wrote:

> If you are looking for other old empires in space you can check out
the Dune
> books, by Frank Herbert, they have an Arabic empire in space,

well, kinda. in the film, they're italian renaissance, and there are
little bits and bobs pinched from all over the shop anyway. still,
that's
sf. everyone should read at least one of the dune books, in the same way
that they should read at least one shakespeare play - you may not like
it,
but this is one of the classics of your culture.

Tom