The Santaroga Barrier Author:Frank Herbert "Why are we forced to close down our branches in Santaroga? Why won't any single Santarogan trade with an outsider? What's this Santarogan barrier which keeps us from doing business there?" Intimations of mass tribal insanity urge Gilbert Desein to investigate the Santaroga scene himself. And behind the solid, faceless, enduring barrier he finds... more » to his horror that every Santarogan citizen has become an extension of every other Santarogan...the peopel have lost all personal identity...they are like rays spreading out from a thin hole in a black curtain. And behind the curtain lies...what? Frank Herbert, who holds the Hugo and Nebula awards for his massively successful "Dune" here reveals a new facet of his brilliant talent.« less