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Page 15 Summary: The palace is the largest human made structure ever, and is composed of buildings stolen from other worlds and built by conquered people brought to Arrakis specifically to labor on it. “There is a room far beneath his fortress, I am told, where he keeps a stunted worm surrounded by a water moat with which to poison it. There he reads the future.”
Page 16 Summary: A large ink drawing of the palace. The palace is massive and has many clashing styles of architecture.
Page 17 Summary: Describes the extravagance of the palace and Alia’s Temple “…superb artistry would abut inexplicable prodigies of dismal tastelessness.” Detailed discussion of how religious leaders discuss how long its construction did or didn’t take.
Page 18: Concludes the discussion on how long construction took
“Arrakeen, Palace Construction at” entry from The Dune Encyclopedia (1984). “Paul’s green throne had been cut from a single Hagar emerald, the most precious possession of a subject planet.” #Dune #Arrakis #Scifi #Arrakeen #FrankHerbert
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