false 99218 14 The breathtaking vision and incomparable storytelling of Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson's Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, a prequel to Frank Herbert's classic Dune, propelled it to the ranks of speculative fiction's classics in its own right. Now, with all the color, scope, and fascination of the prior novel, comes Dune: The Machine Crusade.. More than two decades have passed since the events chronicled in 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. 2081848 2002 The Machine Crusade (Legends of Dune, Book 2) total:1179|5:242|4:381|3:365|2:127|1:64| 1179 4147 1539 47 1 2 false false Thu Feb 07 10:07:31 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 10:11:21 -0800 2008
Having established that Herbert & Anderson are just PLOT VOMITTING things out by now instead of telling a good story, this volume of the Butlerian Jihad trilogy features all your favorite hints of amateur writing. ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 16:17:50 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 26 07:38:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 19:21:30 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 19:25:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu May 28 07:56:32 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 07:58:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue May 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 21:46:40 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 21:47:47 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue May 12 15:04:33 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 15:06:15 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 06 20:54:07 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 25 22:36:06 -0700 2009
I know most Dune fans probably had their own ideas about what/how the machine crusades went down, but I don't think I would have ever set it up this way. The series just feels like a giant game of connect the dots, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 24 03:09:59 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 03:38:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 10:17:26 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 09:08:28 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Feb 25 15:13:28 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 15:13:28 -0800 2009 3 0 false true Wed Mar 12 02:48:40 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 04:20:37 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 10 16:33:51 -0700 2008
There are good moments, though. For instance, hearing a robot try to teach a person about the "birds and the bee...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 14:27:40 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 14:28:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Feb 08 22:24:07 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 22:24:43 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 15 13:28:30 -0700 2008 Fri May 29 21:56:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 08:53:23 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 08:57:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 18 19:39:35 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 02:11:24 -0800 2007
My only two complaints with the book is it's huge timeline (and how it skips random time periods), and how almost all of the ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 06:00:52 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 16:33:27 -0700 2008 1
Ok, this is an interesting read for Dune or general science fiction fans, however, there is so much review (even within the books, of events that happened within the book) that it can be a bit tedious at times. The authors don't trust the readers to make connect...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Apr 18 17:06:49 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 05:31:41 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 14 12:42:19 -0800 2007 Sun Nov 18 06:21:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 04 14:21:01 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 16 23:48:29 -0700 2009 more...]]>