The book "Dune" requires some patience when reading it, not only because it is very long, but more importantly because this book constructs a complete world that is different from reality.
In this world, there are many things that readers have never seen before.
In the first chapter alone, there are several incomprehensible terms in it, such as "Nine-string Bagas", "Kawaz Hudnach", and "Mentait people".
There is no immediate explanation of these things in the book. Only when you read them later will you know what these things represent.
A novel is not a manual. Of course, it is impossible to introduce all the background, characters, and environment of the story at the beginning. All of this needs to be felt and understood by the reader while reading.
As the reading progresses, readers will gradually discover that the background of the entire story is probably in the distant future. The specific time is not explained and can only be roughly guessed through people's conversations.
At this time, humans had already left the earth and established a stellar empire.
The entire society is controlled by three forces, one is the Universe Association that monopolizes transportation between stars, the other is the stellar empire government, and the third is the earth emperors who control planetary territory.
These three forces rule the entire stellar empire in a delicate relationship.
Among the many earth emperors, there was Duke Atreides.
The Atreides family occupies a lot of power in the empire and has a high status. It is also because they are too powerful that the king felt that it would threaten his rule, so he found an excuse and sent them to the deserted planet of Arrakis.
.
The name of this book also comes from this planet.
dune.
Most of the planet Arrakis is a desolate desert, which can best be described as sand dunes.
Although the planet Arrakis is very desolate, it produces a material called Melange, which is similar to spices and is a special medicine for treating diseases of the elderly.
The common man was not guilty, but he was guilty of the crime. In order to seize the planet, his enemy Baron Harkenny persuaded the king to lend him the invincible Shaduka Army to invade the Arrakis planet. In the end, the capture was successful, and the Duke committed suicide.
These things are equivalent to the background of the entire story. The real story begins after the home is destroyed and the Duke's son Paul and his mother escape.
…
In a short period of time, almost no one can read the entire "Dune", but there are a lot of discussions about the plot on the Internet.
[I would like to ask you all, what exactly is Mentaite?]
【What is Gom thorn?】
[I feel like I was confused by the first few chapters.]
[Yeah, I don’t know a lot of terms. I checked online, but found no relevant answers. It seems that these things were invented by the author himself. 】
[Oh, I haven’t read the book yet, but from what you said, I feel like the author is very ambitious this time.]
[I don’t know if his ambition is big or not, I’m just afraid that he will screw up.]
【Did you mess up? Are you kidding?】
[I’ve read a lot, but why do you still have some extraordinary abilities? Isn’t this science fiction? 】
[Who told you that this kind of thing can’t appear in science fiction? 】
[Yes, since it is science fiction, don’t think about using the scientific knowledge we have learned to explain it, otherwise it will not be science fiction, but science fiction. 】
[I no longer care whether it is a science fiction novel or not. Although I still don’t understand many things in it, the plot of the novel is still very attractive to me. I have only read a third of it and I don’t know what will happen to Paul next.]
…
Parker faced a problem. Because the last live broadcast was very popular, he was planning to do it again this time.
He had already announced the live broadcast to fans a few days ago, so when "Dune" was officially released in North America twelve hours later, many fans were already waiting in the live broadcast room to watch Parker read to them.
When he does this kind of live broadcast, most of the people who come to watch it are Chinese fans. Usually when everyone comes to watch it, they want to see the reaction of foreigners to Zhang Zhong's novels.
But this time there was something different. Many Chinese netizens came over to see if Parker could finish reading the book in one sitting.
"The anchor is on his way..."
This sentence was displayed on the screen. Parker has not started broadcasting yet, but there are already many people in the comment area.
【When will it start broadcasting? 】
【Will you read it all at once this time?】
[I just want to see what Parker’s expression will be like when he sees the thickness of this book.]
[Watch it all in one go? Does the host have to be patient?]
[Aren’t some readers in China already finished reading it? 】
[Those people are all perverts, and I wonder if they are making false claims.]
[There shouldn’t be any fraud, because someone has already reviewed the book.]
【Hey, here it comes, here comes the anchor.】
Parker held up his mobile phone, and he wanted to live broadcast the whole process of buying a book for his fans to see.
"Hello everyone, I am now at the Norton Bookstore in New York. This is the largest bookstore in New York, and Norton is also the largest bookstore chain in the United States."
Parker pointed the camera at the bookstore. What can be seen is that there are many people gathering at the new bookshelf in the bookstore.
"I came a little late, so a lot of people have already arrived, but don't worry, with pz's current popularity, the first print should be enough, and there won't be a situation where you can't buy it."
"Okay, now I'm going to squeeze in and buy a book."
Parker held up his mobile phone and squeezed into the crowd, and at a glance he saw the bookshelf full of "Dune".
When he saw the book, Parker was stunned. The book looked a bit thick.
The camera didn't move, and the fans in the live broadcast room were all joking.
[I'm probably scared out of my mind, I want to see his expression.]
[I just want to ask him if he is still worried.]
After a while, Parker took the book and walked out of the crowd, pointed the camera at himself again, and forced a smile, "It seems that the length of this book is a bit longer than expected, but it doesn't matter, I will definitely live broadcast it for everyone to see."
"Oh, by the way, I just forgot to introduce you to the situation inside the bookstore. There is only "Dune" on the new bookshelf now, so the group of people you see now are actually here to buy "Dune"
, so there is no doubt that pz’s popularity in North America is very high.”
After returning home with the book, Parker set up the camera, then sighed and started reading the book.
Of course, the Chinese friend who acted as his translator was also constantly chatting with fans.
Huaxia Translator: "I haven't read the book yet. Of course, I couldn't read it even if I wanted to. We didn't even pay attention to the news on the shelves of Huaxia. This was Parker's request. He said it was in order not to affect the freshness of today's live broadcast. Alas.
, Poor Parker, if he had known that this book was so thick, he would probably have adapted his plan."