Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
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“Dune: The Butlerian Jihad” shows where the world of “Dune” came from, in a prequel set ten thousand years earlier. Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson recount the crusade of free humanity against the thinking machines, and admirers of Frank Herbert’s original enjoy exploring the origins of its society. Some readers find the writing weak and parts of the plot hard to believe. It opens the “Legends of Dune” trilogy, with storylines that continue.
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About the book
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad is a 2002 science fiction novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in the fictional Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. It is the first book in the Legends of Dune prequel trilogy, which takes place over 10,000 years before the events of Frank Herbert's celebrated 1965 novel Dune. The series chronicles the fictional Butlerian Jihad, a crusade by the last free humans in the universe against the thinking machines, a violent and dominating force led by the sentient computer Omnius.
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7.57.5 / 10 - Dune: The Machine Crusade
7.67.6 / 10 - Dune: The Battle of Corrin
7.57.5 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.2 across 155 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 51% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7.2 | 155 | 100% |
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