Show Notes
Abu and Leo continue their read-through of Chapterhouse: Dune with chapters 37 -39. Odrade says her goodbyes, the mission to Junction begins, and a beloved cyborg bus driver makes a triumphant return. Then the takeaway digs into the leveling drift, the Bene Gesserit belief that humanity always sands its outliers back down toward the average.
This episode contains NO SPOILERS beyond the books and pages covered thus far
Read along with us by following the Chapterhouse Dune book club schedule
IN THIS EPISODE
The convocation: Odrade tells the gathered Sisterhood she will share with Sheeana and Murbella before a meeting she does not expect to survive
Rebecca and the rabbi argue over whether the Bene Gesserit are self-deluded, while Joshua, true hero of this book, fixes the HVAC
Clairby returns, the ghola genie leaves the bottle, and the case for a cyborg bus driver as book seven's main character
The leveling drift: regression toward the mean, Frank's grudge against the IRS, and a Peloton-shaped cautionary tale
Spice morsels on the minyan, why ten adults matter to the rabbi in hiding, and the grim math of rendering bodies for potash
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