Brian Herbert’s Dune: The Butlerian Jihad is available on Audible as a 23 hrs 41 mins unabridged audiobook, narrated by Scott Brick.
Publisher’s Summary
The war against the thinking machines
The betrayal that turned House Atreides and House Harkonnen into mortal enemies
The discovery of spice—the most valuable substance in the known universe
The birth of the Sisterhood, Suk Doctors, Mentats, and Spacing Guild
The origins of the Fremen—former slaves who find a new home on the desert planet
Ten thousand years before Frank Herbert’s masterpiece Dune, humanity is oppressed by powerful machine rulers—the computer overmind Omnius, the maliciously curious robot Erasmus, and their monstrous half-machine collaborators, the cymeks.
But embattled worlds, led by brave Xavier Harkonnen and his firebrand fiancée Serena Butler, fight for the freedom of the human race. They must find new technologies, and the strength of the human spirit, to fight the terrible thinking machines.
Vorian Atreides is born among the machine worlds and trained to be loyal to his cymek father, but he finds all his preconceptions challenged when Serena Butler becomes a prisoner of Erasmus and a victim of his insidious experiments. After a heart-wrenching tragedy, Serena’s passionate grief ignites the religious war that will sweep across the Galaxy and liberate humans from their machine masters—no matter the cost. Will Vorian discover that he belongs among humanity, or remain a pawn of the thinking machines?
Here, too, is the amazing tale of the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. Experience how they learn to summon and ride the majestic sandworms.
Listen to the origins of Frank Herbert’s Dune.
A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Books.
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Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 23 hrs 41 mins
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Release year: 2003
- Audible category: Science Fiction & Fantasy / Fantasy / Science Fiction & Fantasy
Listener Ratings
Dune: The Butlerian Jihad holds an average listener rating of 4.5/5 from 5229 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.7/5
- Story: 4.5/5
- 5-star ratings: 67% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “Awesome prequel!”
Definitely leads one to pause, and ponder the humans and where we are heading.— Audible customer, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “One of the best yet!!”
I LOVE science fiction, Thats my botyom line. It’s my escape from the hubbub. What a wonderful escape this story was! I enjoyed every second of it, and I want MORE! A truly well done story, I am waiting (not so) patiently for the next one. There will be a next one I hope!— Lee Buskey, Audible listener
5/5 stars — “Great start to the dune empire”
From a recommendation of a friend I started with the first book in the dune saga not the first book that came out in the 60’s. This book has me wanting more. Lots more.— The Fox, Audible listener
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