Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
LC Class PS3558.E617 D89 2003 | | |
| Followed by | Dune: The Machine Crusade | |
|---|---|---|
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad is a 2002
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad rose to #7 on The New York Times Best Seller list in its second week of publication.[2]
Plot summary
The novel introduces a generation of characters whose families will later become the most significant in the universe: the
Meanwhile, the
Serena is captured by the Titan
This single event incites the entire Jihad, and young Manion is soon labelled the first martyr, Manion the Innocent. Vorian, learning about the murder and realizing the lie he lives as a machine trustee, betrays his machine masters and flees with Serena. They are joined by another trustee,
The first human victory of the so-called Butlerian Jihad is the destruction of Earth and the Earth Omnius using
A subplot of the novel focuses on the Zensunni slave Ishmael who is captured by slavers and taken to Poitrin. He and a Zenshiite slave named Aliid attempt to sabotage one of Holtzmann's experiments. The two are influenced by the charismatic slave leader Bel Moulay, who inspires a slave uprising. Lord Nikto Bludd's Dragoons suppress the revolt. While the slaves receive an amnesty due to the pressing war with Omnius, Moulay is mutilated and executed.
And on a lonely desert planet known as Arrakis, the seeds of legend are sown with Selim Wormrider, an outcast from his tribe, who sees the future of Shai-Hulud and makes it his mission to save his god from those who would wish to take the spice.
Characters
- Serena Butler (221-164 B.G.), an ambitious and intelligent woman from Corrin, ostensibly to negotiate a peace but actually to provoke Omnius into martyring her and thus motivating war-weary humans to fight the Jihad until a victorious end.[4] In 108 B.G., Serena posthumously becomes the focal point of the fanatically anti-technological Cult of Serena, founded by her great-grandniece, Rayna.[5]
- Xavier Harkonnen (223-154 B.G.) is a young military officer leading the defense against the Omnius's primary stronghold on Earth is destroyed with a massive nuclear strike.[3] Later on, finding out about Iblis Ginjo's organ raids, Xavier takes control of Ginjo's spacecraft and flies it directly into the Tlulaxa sun Thalim, carrying Iblis Ginjo to his death. In the process, Xavier not only sacrifices his life but also his reputation as the public, ignorant of Ginjo's corruption, regards the latter as a martyr while Xavier is marked as a traitor. Most of Xavier's descendants afterwards shun the name of Harkonnen in favour of Butler.[4]
- Vorian Atreides - the human co-pilot of the Dream Voyager
- Iblis Ginjo (234? - 164 B.G.)- a charismatic human work leader on Earth
- Erasmus – an independent thinking machine
- Agamemnon – the general of the cymeks, one of the Twenty Titans, and Vorian's father
- Norma Cenva – a dwarf and mathematical genius from Rossak
- Tio Holtzman – a genius inventor on Poritrin
- Selim – a young exile on Arrakis
- Zufa Cenva – a powerful Sorceress of Rossak and Norma Cenva's mother
- Ishmael – a young Zensunni slave taken from Harmonthep
- Aurelius Venport – a Rossak businessman and Zufa Cenva's mate
- Omnius – the computer evermind that controls all thinking machines
- Bel Moulay – a Zenshiite religious leader and slave taken from IV Anbus
- Tuk Keedair – a Tlulaxa slaver and flesh merchant
- Niko Bludd – the Lord of Poritrin
- Brigit Paterson – an engineer on Serena Butler's commando team
- Ajax – the most brutal of the Twenty Titans
- Juno – a cymek female, one of the Twenty Titans, and Agamemnon's lover
- Manion Butler – the Viceroy of the League of Nobles and Serena Butler's father
- Heoma – a powerful Sorceress of Rossak and one of Zufa Cenva's trainees
- Dhartha – the naib of a Zensunni tribe on Arrakis
- Seurat – the thinking machine captain of the Dream Voyager
- Mahmad – Dhartha's son
- Xerxes – the Titan responsible for Omnius' takeover
- Camio – a Sorceress of Rossak and one of Zufa Cenva's trainees
- Aliid – a young Zenshiite slave on Poritrin
- Eklo – a Cogitor of Earth
- Aquim – one of Eklo's secondaries
Reception
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad rose to #7 on The New York Times Best Seller list in its second week of publication.[2]
References
- ^ "SCI FI Channel Auction to Benefit Reading Is Fundamental". PNNonline.org (Internet Archive). March 18, 2003. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved September 28, 2007.
Since its debut in 1965, Frank Herbert's Dune has sold over 12 million copies worldwide, making it the best-selling science fiction novel of all time ... Frank Herbert's Dune saga is one of the greatest 20th Century contributions to literature.
- ^ a b "Best Sellers: October 13, 2002". The New York Times. October 13, 2002. Archived from the original on November 27, 2013. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ^ a b Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Tor Books: 2002.
- ^ a b Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Machine Crusade, Tor Books: 2003.
- ^ Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson, Dune: The Battle of Corrin, Tor Books: 2004.
External links
- MacDonald, Rod (January 6, 2009). "Review: Dune: The Butlerian Jihad by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson". SFCrowsnest.com. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2010.
