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Legends of Dune Trilogy [Box Set] - (The Butlerian Jihad/The Machine Crusade/The Battle of Corrin) [Mass Market Paperback]

Brian Herbert (Author), Kevin J. Anderson (Author)
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October 3, 2006
This Mass Market Boxed Set contains the three volumes of the Legends of Dune:
 
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, 0-765-34077-1
Dune: The Machine Crusade, 0-765-34078-X
Dune: The Battle of Corrin, 0-765-34079-8
 
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
Frank Herbert's Dune series is one of the great creations of imaginative literature, science fiction's answer to The Lord of the Rings.

Decades after Herbert's original novels, the Dune saga was continued by Frank Herbert's son, Brian Herbert, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson. Working from Frank Herbert's own notes, the acclaimed authors reveal the chapter of the Dune saga most eagerly anticipated by readers: the Butlerian Jihad.

Throughout the Dune novels, Frank Herbert frequently referred to the war in which humans wrested their freedom from "thinking machines." In Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring to life the story of that war, a tale previously seen only in tantalizing hints and clues. Finally, we see how Serena Butler's passionate grief ignites the struggle that will liberate humans from their machine masters; here is the amazing tale of the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. And here is the backward, nearly forgotten planet of Arrakis, where traders have discovered the remarkable properties of the spice melange. . . .
 
Dune: The Machine Crusade
 
More than two decades have passed since the events chronicled in Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. The crusade against thinking robots has ground on for years, but the forces led by Serena Butler and Irbis Ginjo have made only slight gains; the human worlds grow weary of war, of the bloody, inconclusive swing from victory to defeat.

The fearsome cymeks, led by Agamemnon, hatch new plots to regain their lost power from Omnius--as their numbers dwindle and time begins to run out. The fighters of Ginaz, led by Jool Noret, forge themselves into an elite warrior class, a weapon against the machine-dominated worlds. Aurelius Venport and Norma Cenva are on the verge of the most important discovery in human history-a way to "fold" space and travel instantaneously to any place in the galaxy.

And on the faraway, nearly worthless planet of Arrakis, Selim Wormrider and his band of outlaws take the first steps to making themselves the feared fighters who will change the course of history: the Fremen.

Here is the unrivaled imaginative power that has put Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson on bestseller lists everywhere and earned them the high regard of readers around the globe. The fantastic saga of Dune continues in Dune: The Machine Crusade.
 
Dune: The Battle of Corrin
 
It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of Dune: The Machine Crusade. Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place. Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated one by one, and at long last, after years of victory, the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict with the thinking machines is finally in sight.

Unfortunately, Omnius has one last, deadly card to play. In a last-ditch effort to destroy humankind, virulent plagues are let loose throughout the galaxy, decimating the populations of whole planets . . . and once again, the tide of the titanic struggle shifts against the warriors of the human race. At last, the war that has lasted many lifetimes will be decided in the apocalyptic Battle of Corrin.

In the greatest battle in science fiction history, human and machine face off one last time. . . . And on the desert planet of Arrakis, the legendary Fremen of Dune become the feared fighting force to be discovered by Paul Muad'Dib in Frank Herbert's classic, Dune.

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About the Author

Brian Herbert, the author of numerous novels and short stories, has been critically acclaimed by leading reviewers in the United States and around the world. The eldest son of science fiction superstar Frank Herbert, he, with Kevin J. Anderson, is the author of Hellhole and continues his father’s beloved Dune series with books including The Winds of Dune, House Atreides, Sandworms of Dune, among other bestsellers. He also wrote a biography of his father, Dreamer of Dune. Herbert graduated from high school at age 16, and then attended U.C. Berkeley, where he earned a B.A. in Sociology. Besides an author, Herbert has been an editor, business manager, board game inventor, creative consultant for television and collectible card games, insurance agent, award-winning encyclopedia salesman, waiter, busboy, maid and a printer. He and his wife once owned a double-decker London bus, which they converted into an unusual gift shop. Herbert and his wife, Jan, have three daughters. They live in Washington state.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback
  • Publisher: Tor Science Fiction (October 3, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765357119
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765357113
  • Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,069 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Kevin J. Anderson has written 46 national bestsellers and has over 20 million books in print worldwide in thirty languages. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Readers' Choice Award. Find out more about Kevin Anderson at www.wordfire.com.

 

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Sadly disappointing, March 31, 2008
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Richard (New Haven, CT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Legends of Dune Trilogy [Box Set] - (The Butlerian Jihad/The Machine Crusade/The Battle of Corrin) (Mass Market Paperback)
I can't recommend this trilogy for anyone other than the die-hard fans that wants a (possible and ultimately not very satisfying) backstory to the original series. Brian Herbert is not his father as a novelist, as represented by this work. It was almost a chore, drudging through page after page of mediocre prose, searching for a few choice nuggets.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Read it for the back story but don't expect anything as deep or as well written as the original Dune., July 18, 2007
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This review is from: Legends of Dune Trilogy [Box Set] - (The Butlerian Jihad/The Machine Crusade/The Battle of Corrin) (Mass Market Paperback)
Meh, so so.

Brian is clearly not nearly the writer his father was, (seems to always be the case when two writers collaborate, doubly so when one of the writers is the son.) and some of the names/concepts/plot lines are totally ridiculous. "Omnious Prime" - Seriously? (I thought he was a transformer?) But it gets better; He controls multiple planets and the way he keps all his brains synchronized is to send a ship around to each planet and have it update and be updated.

Just the one ship.

Just the one single ship that the enemy, (us humans) could maybe intercept and load with a virus? I mean I don't wanna wreck the plot but really? that's the plot? Still, it's nice to get the back story and know the whys and wherefores behind that Jihad and why there are no computers in Dune.

The major problem I had with this though is that I constantly felt as if they kept rehashing and stretching the book out. It's as if they where getting paid by the word. Perhaps if because the original books where so thick, these should be thick too, and just like the student that double spaces their essay, it doesn't really work . Instead it drones on and on. Their editor should have paired it right back and it would have made for a less painful read.

In the end I liked the closure and history these books provided - but these, and the Houses of Dune series little more than the Scifi equivalent of a beach book. Also these prequels help set up the final ending books of the original Dune saga that where never finished because of Frank Herbert's death.

My advice; buy them used or listen to the books on CD.
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written fanfiction, at best..., December 17, 2008
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This review is from: Legends of Dune Trilogy [Box Set] - (The Butlerian Jihad/The Machine Crusade/The Battle of Corrin) (Mass Market Paperback)
This trilogy is a better read than the two horrid books that the Hacks Twain wrote for Dune 7. Despite that, this trilogy contains a good amount of retcons from the original Dune Novels and the Encyclopedia.

Here in this trilogy, the foundation of the Bene Gesserit School of Thought and the Suk Medical school doesn't quite work. If the Sorceresses of Rossak valued psychic powers so highly, you'd have thought that the BG of Dune and afterwards would have telekinetic ability passed down through at least some of their bloodlines. Franky, Brian and Kevin's version of the origins of the BG just did the BG no justice at all.

The Titans were an unnecessary addition to the Butlerian Jihad saga. One would think that people would still become cymeks after this, since they don't count as AI. There are other inconsistencies between the Butlerian Jihad trilogy and Frank Herbert's Dune books. The only thing that really worked for me was what the Tleilaxu did, and how that gained them a poor reputation among the other races.

The Arrakis-centered storyline also didn't swing for me. Too much was put in personal drama, and not enough about spice. The entire storyline did not feel well-thought out to me.

What bothered me most about the trilogy was the character of Serena Butler. Canonically, this character should be named Jehanne. What is wrong with Serena is that she carries the traits of a Mary-Sue... just about one of the worst things you can do in fanfiction. That's right, FANfiction. This trilogy, along with the other Dune books that Brian and Kevin wrote are all fanfiction and should not be regarded as any higher. I mean, come on. Beautiful? Purple eyes? Young and intelligent? Talented? Serena has all of these traits, and later on she suffers a horrible loss and becomes a martyr and everyone mourns for her, just like how crappy fanfiction authors write their Mary Sues. (even the name Serena is typical of a Sue!)

Don't even get me started on Norma Cenva (a character with a lot of potential who ended up being mangled by Brian and Kevin) and Aurelius Venport. (In God Emperor of Dune, Leto mentioned Norma and Aurelius, but what the God Emperor reveals about them is considerably different than the one presented here in the BJ trilogy) More hogwash. And the whole Butler family sidestory was another huge and unneccessary side-addition to this story.

Frank Herbert could have written about the entire Jihad in ONE book. Maybe two, if Frank had a lot of ideas. But whatever he would have done, it would have been a thousand times better than what his son and supposed number one fan have written together, or will ever.
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