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The Battle of Corrin (Legends of Dune #3)
Following their internationally bestselling novels Dune: The Butlerian Jihad and Dune: The Machine Crusade, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson forge a final tumultuous finish to their prequels to Frank Herbert's Dune.
It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade. Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place...more
It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade. Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place...more
Paperback, 704 pages
Published
September 1st 2005
by Tor Books
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Sep 12, 2007
Shane
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Dune fans that are willing to give the trilogy a chance
This is the last of a trilogy (Legends of Dune) that sets the stage for many of the key elements in the original Dune series. I read the first book (The Butlerian Jihad) in early 2005 and the second book (The Machine Crusade) in late 2006. I've also read the first two "house" prequels (House Atriedes and House Harkonnen) but I don't think that series is as good as this one.
These are huge books (actually did them all on audio about 22 CDs each) but I can honestly say that I don't remember being b...more
These are huge books (actually did them all on audio about 22 CDs each) but I can honestly say that I don't remember being b...more
This is actually more a review for the whole trilogy than just this one book...
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 B...more
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 B...more
Mar 10, 2012
Holden Attradies
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction,
science-fiction
This was by far the best of this trilogy, and the first half of the book felt exceptionally good. The epidemic the machines released on the human empire felt like something machines would do, and the chapters seeing the planet infected fall apart were incredibly haunting, perhaps the passages that sand out most to me in all of Brian Herbet and Kevin J Anderson's collaborations.
Like I said, this one was the best in my opinion. The machines acted more alien, the human jihad finally had the overt...more
Like I said, this one was the best in my opinion. The machines acted more alien, the human jihad finally had the overt...more
*Same review for the Dune Universe*
GREAT books! VERY time consuming! Worth the time!
Ok here is the deal. If your not sure about starting a series this big, here is what I would do.
1. -- Read the 1st one by Frank Herbert "Dune" if you like it...
2. -- Read the "Legends Of Dune" series. Its 3 books written by Frank's son Brian and a author I really like by the name of Keven J. Anderson. Its a prequel that is so far in the past that it doesn't spoil the Original Dune series in any way, and you could...more
GREAT books! VERY time consuming! Worth the time!
Ok here is the deal. If your not sure about starting a series this big, here is what I would do.
1. -- Read the 1st one by Frank Herbert "Dune" if you like it...
2. -- Read the "Legends Of Dune" series. Its 3 books written by Frank's son Brian and a author I really like by the name of Keven J. Anderson. Its a prequel that is so far in the past that it doesn't spoil the Original Dune series in any way, and you could...more
Man alive - you'd think the titular battle would be even remotely worth the wait, wouldn't you? Well, you'd be wrong. "Disappointing" really doesn't even begin to cover this book.
My main problem with this entire Dune prequel-trilogy is that it just feels like filler through and through. We're shown the origins of all of the different guilds and groups and organizations from the "present-day" Dune universe, and it's just so neat and tidy that it doesn't feel even remotely real. It pretty much fee...more
My main problem with this entire Dune prequel-trilogy is that it just feels like filler through and through. We're shown the origins of all of the different guilds and groups and organizations from the "present-day" Dune universe, and it's just so neat and tidy that it doesn't feel even remotely real. It pretty much fee...more
The conclusion of the trilogy ended up playing out really well, and taking a few surprising turns. The changes to some of the existing characters worked really well,however some of the newer characters were a bit one dimensional. Granted, the character I hated the most died in a pretty painful and terrible way, but a lot of the other characters came off as flat and annoying. The only exception I found to this was Vorian's granddaughter, an interesting new character that got a decent amount of of...more
As the Legends of Dune trilogy concludes, authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson tie up numerous plot threads and clarify the origins of many elements of Frank Herbert's Dune universe, such as humanity's revulsion of "thinking machines," the Atreides/Harkonnen rivalry, the Fremen, the Spacing Guild, and the Bene Gesserit.
This is a very polarizing series. The number of votes for each of Amazon's five star ratings is nearly equal, which I have seen very rarely. I remain steadfast in my opinio...more
This is a very polarizing series. The number of votes for each of Amazon's five star ratings is nearly equal, which I have seen very rarely. I remain steadfast in my opinio...more
Slightly better than the previous two books in the series, "The Battle of Corrin" still suffers from horrendously melodramatic dialogue and lots of extraneous characters and scnes. Still, it does succeed in showing how some of the events in the previous two books would later influence the events of Frank Herbert's classic "Dune"" series: the importance of spice melange and why planet Arrakis is so politically important, the bitter rivalry between the Atreides and Harkonnen families, the establis...more
This book is really spicy. The politics, the shifting of character roles, treachery, and other factors will keep the reader amused. I admire the authors for I experienced different emotions while reading the book. I felt dismay, excitement, anger, happiness, relief, doubt, etc. The book is interesting from the beginning to end. Just like The Butlerian Jihad and The Machine Crusade, the book contained different perspectives. A chapter which portrayed the events on Arrakis may be preceded by a cha...more
I was not the biggest fan of this book. The characters were nearly all unlikable. I liked Abulurd until the end, and I liked Raquella. I did not like the others, they just seemed to be Greek actors playing parts. I hated the religious stupidity. I mean, the authors don't really understand religion do they? Yes, the original Dune was about the messiah complex but it was played in an intelligent manner in which zealots were not immediately shown as fools. Not here, their zealotry is very idiotic.
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Jun 14, 2011
Jimmy
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Dune Fans & Science Fiction Fans
Shelves:
science-fiction,
ebook
Perhaps just as slow moving as ‘The Machine Crusade’, ‘The Battle of Corrin’ will climax to conclude the plots that began in ‘The Butlerian Jihad’ and were established in the Dune Chronicles.
Put at a serious disadvantage by the retrovirus against humans, the properties of spice are discovered. Through Ishmael and his stepson El’hiim, we witness the destructive divide between those who wish to keep off-worlders away from their sacred and traditional lives and home and those who wish to make the...more
Put at a serious disadvantage by the retrovirus against humans, the properties of spice are discovered. Through Ishmael and his stepson El’hiim, we witness the destructive divide between those who wish to keep off-worlders away from their sacred and traditional lives and home and those who wish to make the...more
Jun 14, 2011
Jimmy
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Dune Fans & Science Fiction Fans
Shelves:
science-fiction
Perhaps just as slow moving as ‘The Machine Crusade’, ‘The Battle of Corrin’ will climax to conclude the plots that began in ‘The Butlerian Jihad’ and were established in the Dune Chronicles.
Put at a serious disadvantage by the retrovirus against humans, the properties of spice are discovered. Through Ishmael and his stepson El’hiim, we witness the destructive divide between those who wish to keep off-worlders away from their sacred and traditional lives and home and those who wish to make the...more
Put at a serious disadvantage by the retrovirus against humans, the properties of spice are discovered. Through Ishmael and his stepson El’hiim, we witness the destructive divide between those who wish to keep off-worlders away from their sacred and traditional lives and home and those who wish to make the...more
This book was a good end to a long series. If you’re considering picking up this book, you must read the first 6 books ( Dune (1965) through Chapterhouse: Dune (1985)). I liked many aspects of this book: how the Cult of Serena cemented the way humanity creates and enforces the rules about thinking machines, how the Titans came to an end, where the Corrinos come from, the twists in the Arteides – Harkonnen feud, and the authors setting up the Mentats, Bene Gesserits, The Guild, and The Fremen. Co...more
A fitting conclusion to the Legends of Dune trilogy. One of the greatest finales ever put to page. The scope of this book is near incomparable. Planets and people are destroyed willy-nilly. For those Dune fans out there, the reasons for why the Harkonnens are so hated are finally revealed. Whether you are a Dune fan because of Frank Herbert or just like science-fiction, you will be doing yourself a favor by reading these three books. You will be entertained by the imaginative storyline. The only...more
I've read this just for not losing the main plot of last dune books but remember:
books of "legends of dune" are ordinary books! (not like frank Herbert's works)
dark sides:
1-the story is told for lazy people with no imagination.
2-anyone can write books like these. (any serious sci-fi reader)
3-the characters are one-dimension. (except Vorian)
4-why these books are weaker than "Prelude to Dune"! they wrote them before this series.
bright sides:
1-you will have a background for main dune.(although not...more
books of "legends of dune" are ordinary books! (not like frank Herbert's works)
dark sides:
1-the story is told for lazy people with no imagination.
2-anyone can write books like these. (any serious sci-fi reader)
3-the characters are one-dimension. (except Vorian)
4-why these books are weaker than "Prelude to Dune"! they wrote them before this series.
bright sides:
1-you will have a background for main dune.(although not...more
I have now read all of the Dune Trilogies. The story telling on these three (Legends of Dune) and the other prequel series ('Houses' of Dune) are decent, but they are not nearly as good as Dune and the other two of the original series. They should be read in order since the two prequel series were based on Frank Herbert notes, it will help explain or provide background to matters in the classic series. But, in the end, the Dune novel will be so superior that I consider it best not to read them i...more
Authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson conclude the Legends of Dune trilogy with this volume. Omnius kills billions of humans with a plague. Humans kill billions of humans with atomics on synchronized worlds. Titans kill Cogitors. Humans kill Titans. A great time is had by all and the reader encounters the genesis of all things Dune. It’s a bit overwhelming, but if you’ve read the original Dune novels, seen the film, or the Sci-Fi channel mini-series, it’s also entertaining.
Mass-market pape...more
Mass-market pape...more
Sep 25, 2012
Jimmy
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Dune Fans & Science Fiction Fans
Shelves:
audiobooks-cd,
science-fiction
Perhaps just as slow moving as ‘The Machine Crusade’, ‘The Battle of Corrin’ will climax to conclude the plots that began in ‘The Butlerian Jihad’ and were established in the Dune Chronicles.
Put at a serious disadvantage by the retrovirus against humans, the properties of spice are discovered. Through Ishmael and his stepson El’hiim, we witness the destructive divide between those who wish to keep off-worlders away from their sacred and traditional lives and home and those who wish to make the...more
Put at a serious disadvantage by the retrovirus against humans, the properties of spice are discovered. Through Ishmael and his stepson El’hiim, we witness the destructive divide between those who wish to keep off-worlders away from their sacred and traditional lives and home and those who wish to make the...more
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Dec 03, 2011
Stacey
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
science-fiction,
owned-hardcovers
I started this installment in the Dune series about 5 years ago, and it has been sitting on the shelf with a bookmark about 200 pages from the end ever since. This trilogy is less compelling that the Houses trilogy, which is less rich than Frank Herbert's original series. I'm invested in the story though, so every so often I have a compulsion to continue reading, in spite of the lack of richness and meaning in Herbert the Younger's continuation of the series.
Frank Herbert had so much to say reg...more
Frank Herbert had so much to say reg...more
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Ugh. They got me this far but no more. Will not read another of this series or any other Herbert book. Pablum and goop.
The Dune backstory should have been in three novels and had some end to some of the characters. I felt these series were driven by money on the back of Frank Herbert's fine work. With a little more work and less padding, six books into three perhaps, the series could have done something. And perhaps the actual death of some of the characters?
Not another dime to the Herbert heir...more
The Dune backstory should have been in three novels and had some end to some of the characters. I felt these series were driven by money on the back of Frank Herbert's fine work. With a little more work and less padding, six books into three perhaps, the series could have done something. And perhaps the actual death of some of the characters?
Not another dime to the Herbert heir...more
Dune fans, please tell me if there are any Dune books after this one that are *must* read... because I don't see any reason to continue. The writing on this one was flimsy, the plot was full of holes and unrealistic scenarios. And when I say 'unrealistic,' I don't mean that in a "fantasy" way; I mean that the interactions between the human characters are not realistic, not human. And even the robots start acting inconsistent from previous books.
I'm finding that Brian Herbert's novels are short o...more
I'm finding that Brian Herbert's novels are short o...more
This book tied up all the loose ends. You kind of know what is going to happen going into this book, you just don't know exactly how it is going to happen. It is cool though, because it almost feels like the reader himself is somewhat "prescient" going into this book, because you can see the different pathways and how they are unfolding throughout the entire dune universe from this stand point.
Pretty awful. You can't help get exasperated at the numerous plot holes (why don't they just smash an asteroid into Corrin?) and the frankly dated approach to interstellar warfare (not even in the same ballpark as Hamilton).
I don't know why I'm still reading these books - I just can't stop myself wanting to know the backstory to Dune which was such a big book for me as a child.
I don't know why I'm still reading these books - I just can't stop myself wanting to know the backstory to Dune which was such a big book for me as a child.
I have no idea what compelled me to read as many of these as I did. Maybe it was hunger for the original ideas, worlds and people created by Frank Herbert. Unfortunately, they're only here in name only. Brian has no ideas and these books are the poor reflection of Frank's worlds you might see if you looked at them in a puddle of piss, trying not to gag on the smell.
Lavender eyes? Women with perfect bodies and blond hair always being slightly blown by a mysterious breeze which affects no one else? A man who worries about killing two million people after having killed over a billion? A cult of luddites out to remove the toaster from the households of all planets? A single, all-powerful, evil machine surrounded by a horde of evil minion machines--and two copies of itself (larry and larry?) A robot who likes to wear fancy bathrobes? People who want to be machi...more
I'm a bit torn with some of the Dune prequels. I'm loving the back story and how it shows what eventually turns into the classes of humanity that we see in the original Dune series, but at the same time, the writing is simply not the same as Frank Herbert; I can't help but wondering what these might have been like had Frank Herbert wrote them himself. I've never been a fan of Brian Herbert, but I have enjoyed many books by Kevin J. Anderson.
Overall, if you like the Dune universe and you can't ge
...more
This book brings to conclusion the trilogy starting with the Butlerian Jihad. It seeds the foundation of the spacing Guild, mentats, the Bene Gisseret and other elements. It also explains the Harkonnen and Atreides animosity. I found it richly rewarding and felt the story came to a strong end with the Battle of Corrin.[return][return]Sean
Much better than the other two in this series; probably because so many things are delightfully tied up and explained. I almost feel like I should give this five stars, since I raced through this in a day...but then, telling stories about someone else's universe is never quite as amazing to read as creating your own, even if it makes for fun.
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