With the release of Dune part 2 in cinemas, we return to Appendix W with a look at Frank Herbert's original novel from 1965.  Dune has had a massive influence on the Warhammer 40000 universe in many ways, especially when looking at the original release of the Rogue Trader game in 1987, in everything from the weapons and wargear, to space travel and technology, to the organization of the Imperium itself.  Join us as we look at some of those connections.

Dr Implausible can be reached at DrImplausible at implausipod dot com

Look for Appendix W episodes of the podcast on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/@appendixw/channels or in the archives at https://www.implausipod.com/

The original Appendix W blog post can be found here: https://implausi.blog/2021/08/appendix-w-2/

Samuel Butler's novel can be found on Project Gutenberg here:
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1906/pg1906-images.html#chap23

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