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The Machine Crusade
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In The Machine Crusade the story of the battle between humans and the thinking machines continues from where it began in The Butlerian Jihad.
The first battle was a victory. But the war is just beginning . . .
In The Machine Crusade the story of the battle between humans and the thinking machines continues from where it began in The Butlerian Jihad. The first battle was a victory. But the war is just beginning ...
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Earth is a radioactive ruin. But the initial campaign of the Butlerian Jihad has given new hope to mankind. Serena Butler, whose murdered child has become a symbol for oppressed humanity, inspires a war against the thinking computers led by Xavier Harkonnen and Vorian Atreides.
But four of the Titans—murderous machines with human brains and human cunning—still remain. And the universal computer mind, Omnius, still wields most of its power.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780340823354
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 March 2004
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Hodder Paperback
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 42.0mm
Width: 110.0mm
Height: 176.0mm
Weight: 402g
Pages: 672
About the Author
BRIAN HERBERT is a widely-published science fiction author in his own right. This is his first novel to call on his father's work: previously, he has created his own worlds, sometimes in collaboration. He has also written Dreamer of Dune, a comprehensive biography of his illustrious father. KEVIN J. ANDERSON is best known for his world-wide best-selling novels based on the universes of Star Wars and the X Files: he has been a Sunday Times number one bestseller. He is also the author of several more critically-acclaimed original novels. An expert on the US space programme, he worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory for ten years.
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