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• Butlerian Jihad — The Butlerian Jihad is an event in the back story of Frank Herbert s fictional Dune universe. It led to the outlawing of certain technologies, including artificial insemination and thinking machines (computers). The original Dune seriesIn… …   Wikipedia

• Butlerian Jihad (disambiguation) — The Butlerian Jihad is a fictional historical event originally introduced in Frank Herbert s Dune novels:* Butlerian Jihad, a summary of the event as portrayed in assorted Dune books* (2002), the first book in the Legends of Dune series …   Wikipedia

• Dune: The Butlerian Jihad — This article is about the novel Dune: The Butlerian Jihad. For information about the fictional event in the Dune universe, see Butlerian Jihad. Dune: The Butlerian Jihad …   Wikipedia

• Dune (franchise) — Dune Creator Frank Herbert Original work Dune (1965) Print publications …   Wikipedia

• Serena Butler — Aliases Saint Serena Gender Female Date of birth 221 B.G. Date of death 164 B.G. Occupation Priestess of the Jihad Spouse Xavier Harkonnen (separated) Parents Manion Butler Livia Butler Children …   Wikipedia

• Thinking machines (Dune) — Thinking machines (a cymek and Erasmus) from the cover of Dune: The Machine Crusade (2003) Thinking machines is a collective term for artificial intelligence in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. The Butlerian Jihad   a human… …   Wikipedia

• List of Dune planets — Arrakis Caladan Giedi Prime Kaitain The planets Arrakis, Caladan, Giedi Prime and Kaitain, from David Lynch s Dune (1984) Universe Dune …   Wikipedia

• Old Empire (Dune) — The Old Empire is a fictional galactic empire in the Dune universe created by Frank Herbert. The term has been applied to two distinct eras in the fictional history of the Dune series. Contents 1 The Padishah Empire 2 Pre Butlerian Jihad 3 See… …   Wikipedia

• Technology of the Dune universe — The technology of the Dune universe is a key aspect of the fictional setting of the Dune series of science fiction novels written by Frank Herbert, and derivative works. Herbert s concepts and inventions have been analyzed and deconstructed in at …   Wikipedia

• Dune universe — The Dune universe, or Duniverse , [cite web |url=http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2008/mar/14/exploring duniverse of frank herbert/ |title=Review: Exploring Frank Herbert s Duniverse |accessdate=2008 10 10 |author=Evans, Clay |date=March 14, 2008… …   Wikipedia