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Title: The Machine Crusade (Dune Series) by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Scott Brick ISBN: 1-55927-945-1 Publisher: Audio Renaissance Pub. Date: 16 September, 2003 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.22 (58 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A Depressing Precursor to the Dune Series
Comment: Unfortunately Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson have taken the Dune series and turned them into pulp science fiction. There is the same heartless story telling and lack of depth that is endemic of science fiction lately. The authors go to great efforts to make the series an epic battle, a struggle between good and evil, etc. There are so many predictable turns of plot and story that I find myself rooting for computer overlords to win, if for nothing than to kill the more annoying human characters.
After finishing the Machine Crusade, I pulled out my trusty Dune Encyclopedia and read about the Butlerian Jihad. I consider the encyclopedia to be somewhat authoritative on the series. ... I also looked at the lineages of Atreides and Harkonnen families. There is no corroboration with the stories that are told there.
I would wait for the paperback, or borrow a copy from the library.
Rating: 3
Summary: So-So Sequel
Comment: As sequels go, The Machine Crusade suffered from the second book syndrome. It had some definate potential, but the authors, with their usual short, choppy chapters, don't allow themselves the time to develop character and plot. There are several chacter aspects that deserved expansion: Jool Noret and the Mercenaries of Ginaz, Erasmus and his "child," and the character of Selim Wormrider, which had definate moments of greatness, could have been a volume unto itself. This the main problem with the whole book. There is a lot of material with great potential, but the authors don't take the time to develop it.
To their credit, Herbert and Anderson did good jobs with charcters such as Serena Butler, Iblis Ginjo, Norma Cenva, Xavier Harkonnen, and Vorian Atriedes. They each have brief opportunities to shine, most of them changing drastically both mentally and physically between the first and last pages. There just wasn't enough of that. However, I have to say there were moments of great joy and sadness that really grabbed my attention.
Again, this is not Dune, but give the novel a chance on its own merit. Taken as the grand space opera its meant to be, it's not a bad novel.
Rating: 3
Summary: At last we find out how to pronounce Fremen!
Comment: This seems to be a bridge book, rather than the one we have all been waiting for. Lots of archetypes, good guys, bad guys, merciless machines, powerful women, early melange usage. Credulity must be extended more than usual: planet-wide secret projects staying secret, huge conspiracies involving thousands of low level people remaining undetected, lack of planetary defenses for ground assault (how naive can we be?), lots of things. But maybe that is what SF is all about.
And in the last 4 words of the 692 page book, we learn how to pronounce Freman.
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Title: The Butlerian Jihad (Dune Series) by Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert ISBN: 0765340771 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: House Corrino (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 3) by Kevin Anderson, Brian Herbert ISBN: 0553580337 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 27 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: House Harkonnen (Dune: House Trilogy, Book 2) by Kevin Anderson, Brian Herbert ISBN: 0553580302 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title:Frank Herbert's Children of Dune (TV Miniseries) ASIN: B00008RUYH Publisher: Lionsgate/Fox Pub. Date: 17 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $14.99 |
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Title: Dune: The Battle of Corrin by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson ISBN: 0765301598 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: 17 August, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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