The Battle of Corrin (Legends of Dune S.)

by Brian Herbert

Paperback, 2004

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (2004), Paperback

Description

"Dune: The Battle of Corrin" It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of "The Machine Crusade." Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place. Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated one by one, and at long last, after years of struggle, the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict with the thinking machines is finally in sight. Unfortunately, Omnius has one last, deadly card to play. In a last-ditch effort to destroy humankind, virulent plagues are let loose throughout the galaxy, decimating the populations of whole planets . . . and once again, the tide of the titanic struggle shifts against the warriors of the human race. At last, the war that has lasted many lifetimes will be decided in the apocalyptic Battle of Corrin. In the greatest battle in science fiction history, human and machine face off one last time. . . . And on the desert planet of Arrakis, the legendary Fremen of Dune become the feared fighting force to be discovered by Paul Muad'Dib in Frank Herbert's classic, "Dune."… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member Eric_the_Hamster

Probably a good story in its own right (although not the sort of science fiction I would be attracted to). I was disappointed in these sequels written by Frank Herbert's son, because I was expecting Frank Herbert, which was probably not fair. If you are looking for a decent sf yarn involving space

battles etc., then this is fine. However, if you are looking at the sophistication and multi layered stories of Frank Herbert, you won't find them here. I found the descriptions of genesis of various Dune concepts to be particularly wanting, contrived and disappointing.

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LibraryThing member mackdav

Brian Herbert is no Frank Herbert; these Dune books are but pale immitations of the originals. That said, they are excellent modern science fiction: well written, reasonably well thought out, and not terribly taxing on the reader.

LibraryThing member McGrewc

One of the prequels to the Dune saga written by Herbert's son and Kevin Anderson. I am a fan of all the prequels. If they do not quite match up to the originals they are well enough written that had the original never existed they would certainly have been published on their own.

LibraryThing member ragwaine

This is the last of a trilogy (Legends of Dune) that sets the stage for many of the key elements in the original Dune series. I read the first book (The Butlerian Jihad) in early 2005 and the second book (The Machine Crusade) in late 2006. I've also read the first two "house" prequels (House

Atriedes and House Harkonnen) but I don't think that series is as good as this one.

These are huge books (actually did them all on audio about 22 CDs each) but I can honestly say that I don't remember being bored at all while reading (listening to) them. In this trilogy you get the origins of the Mentat's, Suk Doctors, Spacing Guild, Swordmasters, the Atriedes-Harkonnen blood feud and the Bene Gessert!

Many reviewers (on amazon at least) have skewered these books but really that is so predictable. If you want to read -Dune- then read -Dune-, don't pick up the author's son's attempt to recreate the magic with a chip on your shoulder ready to hate it. If you don't want to like it then you won't.

The only negative things I can say about this last book is that some of the origin stories were kind of crammed in at the end.

Also Vorien's reaction to Abelard's attempt to save the hostages at the end didn't really ring true to me. It seems like Vorien would have mellowed out after everything was over and forgiven him but they need him to hate Abelard so that they could start the Atriedes-harkonnen feud.

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LibraryThing member MSWallack

While I enjoyed this book, I feel that it was (a) flawed in execution and (b) a weak ending to the trilogy. All but a small few of the main characters of the first two books were dead by this volume and the new characters weren't as interesting. Many plot elements never seemed to be wrapped up and

numerous times I found myself thinking, "now why would they did that" or "why not do this, instead?" I also felt that the book needed a few more chapters to tie up a few loose ends; but, then, that is what further sequels are for, I guess. This one is only for the die-hard Dune fans.

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LibraryThing member penwing

This whole series (Legends of Dune) was awful. Flat characterisations with only one characteristic. Twists to the plot with had no foreshadowing and made no sense. I only battled my way through because I had bought them. It's put me off the two authors.

LibraryThing member santhony

The final installment of the Dune prequels is on par with its predecessors.

LibraryThing member AnotherPartOfMeLost

The legend of dune series give some explanations for things that are an issue in other Dune novels. For example, this is where we learn why the feud between Harkonnen and Atreides exists. And off course we meet the machines, and the independent robot Erasmus. The books in itself are far off from

the original Dune novels. Though entertaining, I wouldn't hold against anyone skipping these books.

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LibraryThing member ennui2342

Pretty awful. You can't help get exasperated at the numerous plot holes (why don't they just smash an asteroid into Corrin?) and the frankly dated approach to interstellar warfare (not even in the same ballpark as Hamilton).I don't know why I'm still reading these books - I just can't stop myself

wanting to know the backstory to Dune which was such a big book for me as a child.

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LibraryThing member bjh13

The conclusion of the trilogy ended up playing out really well, and taking a few surprising turns. The changes to some of the existing characters worked really well,however some of the newer characters were a bit one dimensional. Granted, the character I hated the most died in a pretty painful and

terrible way, but a lot of the other characters came off as flat and annoying. The only exception I found to this was Vorian's granddaughter, an interesting new character that got a decent amount of of the story dedicated to her. The story really made up for an shortcomings I found in some of the new characters, and I would say this trilogy ended in a really strong way. I am very much looking forward to the rest of the Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Dune novels and feel they have made a very positive contribution to the Dune series.

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LibraryThing member mmtz

Authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson conclude the Legends of Dune trilogy with this volume. Omnius kills billions of humans with a plague. Humans kill billions of humans with atomics on synchronized worlds. Titans kill Cogitors. Humans kill Titans. A great time is had by all and the reader

encounters the genesis of all things Dune. It’s a bit overwhelming, but if you’ve read the original Dune novels, seen the film, or the Sci-Fi channel mini-series, it’s also entertaining.

Mass-market paperback from TOR.

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LibraryThing member StaceyHH

I started this installment in the Dune series about 5 years ago, and it has been sitting on the shelf with a bookmark about 200 pages from the end ever since. This trilogy is less compelling that the Houses trilogy, which is less rich than Frank Herbert's original series. I'm invested in the story

though, so every so often I have a compulsion to continue reading, in spite of the lack of richness and meaning in Herbert the Younger's continuation of the series.

Frank Herbert had so much to say regarding religion and faith, ecology, political machinations, indeed you could point an accusing finger at heinleinesque editorializing in the original series. (I must confess, I love these sections.) The trilogies, however, never realize the same heart that was invested in Dune,et al., and while it does more than a passable job of space opera/battle fiction, there always seems to be something missing.

I keep reminding myself that Frank Herbert left copious notes on his continuing story ideas, and for this reason, I keep reading these. Sometimes I like to imagine that I see a bit of Frank peeking through these novels, especially where he has something potentially profound to observe on his original themes. My primary reason for diving in and finishing this, is to close that storyline in anticipation of Sisterhood. The Bene Gesserit threads are by far the most interesting to me, so I will be reading that one soon.

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LibraryThing member VincentDarlage

A little long winded, but a pretty good read. Didn't have the same atmosphere as the other Dune books, but still pretty good.

LibraryThing member dbsovereign

Third in an interesting prequelish series, but on the whole not as satisfying as Brian Herbert's DUNE itself.

LibraryThing member Neil_Luvs_Books

This was better than the previous two books in this Legends of Dune Trilogy. I found the pacing better and the plot more engaging in The Battle of Corrin than in either The Butlerian Jihad or The Machine Crusade. Brian Herbert and Kevin Anderson threw in a couple of nice twists before the end of

the book and clearly set up the possibility that humanity will still need to deal with thinking machines in the future despite their victory on Corrin. But this is still not as good as the original six Dune books authored by Frank Herbert.

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