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Just1morefix t1_j24bkwi wrote

But cocaine doesn't allow one to fold time/space. I always envisioned The Spice like some kind of magical DMT analogue.

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Tom_Bombadilio t1_j24x1me wrote

DMT analogue in a universe full of spaceships that run on DMT as well.

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RogueLiter t1_j25be6h wrote

The spaceships aren’t actually powered by spice. Spice just give the navigators enough prescience to not slam into celestial objects during interstellar travel with the Holtzman drives.

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Tom_Bombadilio t1_j26acyw wrote

I need to read at least the first in the series..

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bigwebs t1_j26lpug wrote

FYI I don’t think it really talks about how navigation works until the second or third book.

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bigwebs t1_j274y3t wrote

Yeah I meant the details about how the guild finds, recruits, and trains the navigators. And how the ships are designed and the details around how the navigators “live”.

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mcmasterstb t1_j2860jh wrote

How the navigators live? I would call that high life 🤣 drops mic

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ToastyNathan t1_j2596d3 wrote

>But cocaine doesn't allow one to fold time/space.

I must have had something that wasnt cocaine then.

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carnivorouz t1_j25dest wrote

Well there goes my dreams of trying cocaine then if I can't fold space-time

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FeelGoodChicken t1_j25y5pp wrote

Close, Frank Herbert was reportedly a big fan of psilocybin mushrooms, and had a hobby of growing his own.

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