Kieran Sanders wrote:
> SandChigger wrote:
>
>> But there would still have to be humans on Arrakis (early settlers,
>> who later intermarried with the Fremen? If Leto has OM of the event,
>> it has to have come to him through Chani's bloodlines) to witness
>> whatever happened.
>
>
> Its always possible (though less fun to ponder) that he's not quoting
> direct OM of the arrival of the sandtrout, but just echoing Grandpa
> Kynes' understanding of what happened based on the evidence (dry seas,
> ancient water erosion etc).
>
> The worms could have arrived naturally - we don't know that much about
> the life cycle - maybe sandtrout could survive a meteor ride.
>
> Alternatively, Leto could just be wrong - they could have evolved in
> some niche on Arrakis when it was a wet-world, then had a sudden
> population explosion, expanding to fill the whole planet, giving the
> appearance of a sudden arrival.
I'm not saying it wasn't possible, but I think that as a reader I
accept that FH was telling us that what Leto II was saying was a "fact".
Sometimes it is hard to discern when the author is using his "Voice of
God" about his creation and when he is inviting speculation/thought
processes for the reader. I think that FH did indeed wish that this
piece of data be accepted as for what he had determined to be true in
his story.
WM
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