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Dune: The Butlerian Jihad


Classification

Series Number: 536
Genre: Science Fiction
Series: Dune
Condition: New
Read: ✓
Shelf: 18
Goodreads: Yes

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Author: Herbert, Brian; Anderson, Kevin J.
Binding: Paperback
Cover Price: 7.99
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Publishing

Publisher: Tor Books
Copyright Year: 2002
Publication Year: 2003
ISBN#: 0-7653-4077-1
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Pages: 704
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Comments

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....