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This author modified a Quranic term for revelations called “amthal” for a concept of limit testing. Lesley Blanch’s book The Sabres of Paradise inspired this author’s usage of Caucasian customs such as a double-bladed knife called a kindjal. Car repair manual company Chilton Books published this author, who named a fictional event after “Darwin Among the Machines” author Samuel (*) Butler. This author created a series of creatures after watching maggots eat away at psychedelic mushrooms. This author was inspired by environmental stabilization projects in an Oregon national park to depict the terraforming (10[1])efforts of Indigenous people called Fremen (“FREH-men”). Oil is analogized to a resource (-5[1])called “spice” in a 1965 novel by this author set on the planet of Arrakis. For 10 points, name this author of Dune. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Frank Herbert [or Franklin Patrick Herbert, Jr.]
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Eve FleisigBerkeley ABerkeley B9110
Michal GerasimiukStanfordBerkeley Past103-5
Eric ChenBerkeley PastStanford12610