Dune: The Butlerian Jihad

Dune: The Machine Crusade

Dune: The Battle of Corrin

Legends Of Dune is a prequel trilogy of novels written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in Frank Herbert's Dune universe. This page is about the novel Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. ... Dune: The Machine Crusade is a book in the Dune series. ... Dune: The Battle of Corrin is the third book in the Legends of Dune series. ... A prequel is a work that portrays events which include the structure, conventions, and/or characters of a previously completed narrative, but occur at an earlier time. ... A trilogy is a set of three works of art, usually literature or film, that are connected and can be seen as a single work, as well as three individual ones. ... Brian Patrick Herbert (born 1947) is a best selling American author who lives in Washington state. ... |200px| ]] Pseudonym: Gabriel Mesta Born: March 27, 1962 ) Oregon, Wisconsin, U.S. Occupation: Author Genres: Science fiction Debut works: Resurrection, Inc Influences: The War of the Worlds Kevin J. Anderson (born March 27, 1962) is a prolific American science fiction author. ... Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. ... The fictional Dune universe, or Duniverse, is the political, scientific, and social setting of author Frank Herberts six-book Dune series of science fantasy novels. ...

• Dune: The Butlerian Jihad (2002)
• Dune: The Machine Crusade (2003)
• Dune: The Battle of Corrin (2004)

This trilogy takes place over 10,000 years before the events of the 1965 novel Dune, and chronicles the events of the Butlerian Jihad, a universe-wide war against thinking machines. It also explores the origins of the families and organizations that populate this distinctive universe in other Dune works. This page is about the novel Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. ... Dune: The Machine Crusade is a book in the Dune series. ... Dune: The Battle of Corrin is the third book in the Legends of Dune series. ... See also: 1964 in literature, other events of 1965, 1966 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Dune is a science fiction novel written by Frank Herbert and published in 1965. ... The Butlerian Jihad is an epic turning point in the back-story of Frank Herberts fictional Dune universe. ... The Thinking Machines are a fictional group from the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ...

Setting

The universe at the time of Legends of Dune consists of essentially three groups of populated planets: League Worlds, Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets.

League worlds

The League of Nobles is the system of government employed by the remaining free humans. The predecessor of the Landsraad and the Imperium, the League is feudal at its core but slightly more democratic than the Landsraad, as the League members vote for which Viceroy they prefer to govern them. The planets controlled and protected by the League are: The Landsraad was a fictional organisation in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, portrayed by Giancarlo Giannini in the Dune miniseries The Padishah Emperor was the title of the hereditary rulers of the Padishah Empire in Frank Herberts fictional Dune universe. ... Roland pledges his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste. ...

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Synchronized Worlds

The planets completely under Machine control are known as the Synchronized Worlds. They are each ruled by a copy of Machine leader Omnius, and these copies are periodically updated by the collective network of Everminds with which they also share their own information. The former human inhabitants of these worlds have been enslaved or killed. Omnius is the evermind, or controlling intelligence, of the Thinking Machines in the Legends of Dune trilogy of novels and in Hunters of Dune, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. ...

When the Great Purge is initiated in Dune: The Battle of Corrin, it is mentioned that at that point there are 543 Synchronized Worlds: Below is a list of fictional planets named in the novels of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Corrin is a fictional planet in the Dune-series. ... Earth An overwhelming majority of fiction is set on or features the Earth. ... Ix is a fictional planet featured in the Dune novels by Frank Herbert. ... Below is a list of fictional planets named in the novels of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Richese is a fictional planet in Frank Herberts Dune universe. ... Wallach IX is a notable fictional planet in Frank Herberts science fiction universe of Dune. ... Dune: The Battle of Corrin is the third book in the Legends of Dune series. ...

Quentin considered, mentally doing the math. "We know from captured update ships that there are five hundred forty-three Synchronized Worlds. We will need to send a large enough battle group to every single one of those planets in order to insure victory there. Just because they have moved their heavy ships to Corrin doesn't mean they won't put up a fight." ^[1]

Unallied planets

Arrakis, (الراقص ar-rāqiṣ, the dancer) later Rakis (informally known as Dune) is a fictional desert planet featured in the Dune series of novels by Frank Herbert; it is the home of the Fremen (Zensunni wanderers) and later, the Imperial Capital under the Atreides Empire. ... Below is a list of fictional planets named in the novels of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Caladan is a fictional planet in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Below is a list of fictional planets named in the novels of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Below is a list of fictional planets named in the novels of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ... Below is a list of fictional planets named in the novels of the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. ...

Other planets

Other planets are mentioned in the Legends of Dune series, but their exact status is not specified. For example:

• Kolhar ~ Site of the first shipyard to produce space-folding ships (eventually called heighliners).

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Themes

One theme of the series is the fragile nature of history; the events from the first two books are later altered by the passage of time, both intentionally and unintentionally. One of the epigraphs in the book refers to Mao Zedong as a 'Philosopher of Old Earth'. Xavier Harkonnen begins as a legitimately idolized hero, and eventually becomes unjustifiably demonized as a villain. One of the protagonists, Vorian Atreides, remarks at one point, "Don't quote history books to me. You have no right: you weren't there. I was." In literature, an epigraph is a quotation that is placed at the start of a work or section that expresses in some succinct way an aspect or theme of what is to follow. ... Mao redirects here. ... A philosopher is a person who thinks deeply regarding people, society, the world, and/or the universe. ... Xavier Harkonnen is a character in the fictional Dune Universe. ... Vorian Atreides is a fictional character in the Dune universe created by Brian Herbert. ...

In addition, a state-sanctioned religion builds up around the 'Three Martyrs': Serena Butler, Iblis Ginjo, and Manion Butler. They form a mother-father-child trinity, which has become accepted as actual religious truth by the time of the events depicted in Dune. One of the more philosophical characters in the series points out that, throughout human history, leaders have harnessed the collective madness of holy war for their own purposes. The power of religion, and its manipulation, is itself a major theme in Frank Herbert's original Dune series. Serena Butler, the daughter of Manion and Livia Butler, is a character in Brian Herbert and Kevin J Andersons Legends of Dune series, a trilogy of novels set during the Butlerian Jihad, the war against thinking machines only vaguely referred to in Frank Herberts original Dune series. ... Iblis Ginjo is a fictional character from the Dune prequel universe created by Frank Herberts son, Brian Herbert. ... Serena Butler is a character in Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Andersons Legends of Dune series, a trilogy of novels set during the Butlerian Jihad, the war against thinking machines only vaguely referred to in Frank Herberts original Dune series. ...

One of the few characters to survive the entire series is Vorian Atreides. Shocked by the things he has seen and done over the course of the war, he decides that he deserves an indefinite holiday. Using the ship he began the series in, the Dream Voyager, he sets off through the stars. That is one final theme of the series: those who try to leave a mark on history succeed as often as they fail.

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