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Brian Herbert; Kevin J. Anderson The Battle of Corrin (Legends of Dune, Book 3)
Tor Books 0765301598 / 9780765301598 Hardcover New
0765301598 From Publishers Weekly n nDune addicts will happily devour Herbert and Anderson's spicy conclusion (after 2003's Dune: The Machine Crusade) to their second prequel trilogy, Legends of Dune. A fearsome robot-engineered plague opens the tumultuous Battle of Corrin, climaxing the century-long galactic war between humans and the computer Omnius's robotic Synchronized Empire. Vorian Atredies, supreme commander of the human Army of the Jihad, initiates the no-holds-barred feud between House Atreides and House Harkonnen by exiling Abulurd Harkonnen for cowardice, while Vorian's granddaughter Raquella molds the Sorceress survivors into a biochemically based sisterhood and Ishmael leads his people into Arrakis's sandwormy desert to become Fremen of Dune. All the Dune themes-religion and politics, fanaticism, ecology, opportunism, totalitarianism, the power of myth-exhaustively prepare the way for Frank Herbert's sweeping classic of corruptibility and survival. nCopyright ? Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. n n nFrom AudioFile n nScott Brick brings to life this last of the prequels to Frank Herbert's Dune series. The complications between the thinking machines and the synchronized worlds and unallied planets are coming to a head, building to a great battle. Brick re-creates many of the characters who are familiar from prior books and creates personifications of new additions with dimension and personality. He is an enthusiastic and strong narrator who makes this long and complex book accessible. Brick is particularly adept at drawing out the personality of his characters, especially Omnius and eerily human-like robots. J.E.M. ? AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright ? AudioFile, Portland, Maine n--This text refers to the n nAudio CD nedition.
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Brian Herbert; Kevin J. Anderson The Machine Crusade: Legends of Dune (Legends of Dune 2)
New English Library Ltd 0340823356 / 9780340823354 PAPERBACK Fair
0340823356 From Publishers Weekly nSF space opera titans Herbert and Anderson continue to investigate the tantalizing origins of Frank Herbert's Dune universe, this time achieving mixed results in their fifth action-packed collaboration, the bloated but occasionally brilliant second installment of the trilogy that started with Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (2002).Twenty-four years have passed since the independent Thinking Machine, Erasmus, killed Serena Butler's son and began a bloody Holy War against Omnius, a computer evermind. Leading the League's Army of the Jihad are Primeros Xavier Harkonnen and Vorian Atreides, the son of cymek (human brain/robotic body) General Agamemnon, who, along with his fellow semi-immortals, shares the computer evermind's wish to eradicate all unnecessary humans but secretly also wants to destroy Omnius. Harkonnen and Atreides loyally report to their Priestess leader, unknowingly the political puppet of Grand Patriarch Iblis Ginjo, a former Earth slave-master. Unfortunately, the short spacehopping chapters neglect some characterizations and more intriguing story lines, such as the Arrakis conflicts swirling around Selim Wormrider's growing outlaw band and the relationship of Erasmus with his human son, in favor of too long battle segments and extraneous details about the emotionally remote Ginaz mercenary, Jool Noret. Despite the flaws, Dune fans will still enjoy the sweeping philosophical power that surfaces, invoking the senior Herbert's remarkable vision. nCopyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. n nFrom AudioFile nScott Brick returns as narrator for the second installment in this three-part prequel to the classic science fiction series Dune. Brick picks up where he left off, with continuity of characterization and the same decisive control over the complex events in the continuing crusade against the thinking machines. Both the military forces and citizens following Sarena Butler are weary. Will she be forced to accept an offering of peace? Is the groundwork being laid for an obscure group of outlaws to come to the fore in the final chapter of the trilogy? At the end of the final disc, the authors discuss how they came to collaborate on their prequels and provide some observations on the series' allegory and impact. J.E.M. 2004 Audie Award Finalist ? AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine-- Copyright ? AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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