The Butlerian Jihad
Jul 2012 · Legends of Dune Book 1 · Hachette UK
4.6star
25 reviews
Ebook
624
Pages
About this ebook
One hundred and ten centuries from now, humanity has spread across space. And all-powerful machines rule the humans who were once their masters.
It began in the Time of Tyrants, when ambitious men and women used high-powered computers to seize control of the heart of the Old Empire including Earth itself. The tyrants translated their brains into mobile mechanical bodies and created a new race, the immortal man-machine hybrids called cymeks. Then the cymeks' world-controlling planetary computers - each known as Omnius - seized control from their overlords and a thousand years of brutal rule by the thinking machines began.
But their world faces disaster. Impatient with human beings' endless disobedience and the cymeks' continual plotting to regain their power, Omnius has decided that it no longer needs them. Only victory can save the human race from extermination.
‘Such vile villains...and such a fascinating description of splendid places.' Anne McCaffrey on HOUSE HARKONNEN
It began in the Time of Tyrants, when ambitious men and women used high-powered computers to seize control of the heart of the Old Empire including Earth itself. The tyrants translated their brains into mobile mechanical bodies and created a new race, the immortal man-machine hybrids called cymeks. Then the cymeks' world-controlling planetary computers - each known as Omnius - seized control from their overlords and a thousand years of brutal rule by the thinking machines began.
But their world faces disaster. Impatient with human beings' endless disobedience and the cymeks' continual plotting to regain their power, Omnius has decided that it no longer needs them. Only victory can save the human race from extermination.
‘Such vile villains...and such a fascinating description of splendid places.' Anne McCaffrey on HOUSE HARKONNEN
Ratings and reviews
4.6
25 reviews
Neal Oade
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June 25, 2015
Lots of info on the lore and back story of the Duniverse, bit of the old Dune with some new flavour. Really well paced, better paced than Frank Herbert's Dune books but not quite as well written. Still, very good. Would read the rest of the prequel trilogy (Butlerian Jihad, Machine Crusade & Battle of Corrin) and I intend to.
Aiden Fanucci
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June 30, 2016
Absolutely loved reading about the origins of the modern houses in the original dune series
Yash Bajoria
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December 3, 2015
A must for anyone who has read dune
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About the author
Brian Herbert is a widely-published science fiction novelist. Kevin J. Anderson`s novels include bestsellers based on the universes of Star Wars and The X Files. Together they created PRELUDE TO DUNE, LEGENDS OF DUNE and THE ROAD TO DUNE, all bestsellers set in the universe created by Brian`s father, Frank Herbert. Kevin J. Anderson has over 16 million books in print, in 29 languages worldwide. He is the author of The Saga of Seven Suns, numerous X-Files and Star Wars novels, and the co-author of the bestselling Dune prequels and sequels. He lives in Colorado with his wife, author Rebecca Moesta.
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