Ship is going to "break the recording" and destroy all humans. Nothing has produced the desired results, and Ship grows tired of endless repetition. In trying to awaken humans, the ship (or Ship, as it has come to be called by the superstitious) has somehow frozen the space-time continuum and replayed human history over and over again, following slightly different tracks each time. Despite every effort of a nearly omniscient being, they persist in misunderstanding both its nature and their own. In this sequel to Destination: Void, the ship's final injunction to worship has been given a dogmatic twist by generations of unconscious humans. The sense of cyclical history that informs Children of Dune also helps to illuminate Herbert's 1979 novel, co-authored with Bill Ransom, entitled The Jesus Incident. (Out of print.) Chapter 8: Transcending the Human Copyright © 1981 by Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., Inc.
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