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Mentati Duny
Author: Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson
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Mentati Duny explores humanity’s direction after the defeat of thinking machines. The second Schools of Dune book sets rebuilding civilization against growing anti-technology fanaticism, developing the familiar universe’s history.
Mentati Duny is the second Schools of Dune novel by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, set in Frank Herbert’s universe. About a century after the Battle of Corrin, human civilization faces choices about its future. The thinking machines have been defeated, but Manford Torondo’s increasingly powerful anti-technology movement fanatically destroys everything it associates with technology.
Book information
- Author
- Kevin J. Anderson, Brian Herbert
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Baronet
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- science fiction, space opera
- Original title
- Mentats of Dune
- ISBN
- 978-80-269-0003-0
- Publication date
- 1. January 2015
- Pages
- 608
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-269-0004-7) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-269-0005-4)
What is Mentati Duny about?
Gilbertus Albans has established a Mentat school on Lampadas, teaching complex calculations and logical operations without thinking machines. His existence becomes more dangerous as Manford Torondo’s Butlerians gain power. Raquella Berto-Anirulová works to rebuild the Sisterhood alongside the exceptionally gifted Valya Harkonnenová, who also seeks revenge against Vorian Atreides for her family’s downfall. Meanwhile, Josef Venport fights the anti-technology fanatics, controlling much interplanetary trade through mutated Navigators. The conflict among technology, faith, power, and the emerging great schools becomes a struggle for humanity’s future.
Themes and motifs
Humanity and technology
The novel explores the clash between using technology and a fanatical movement seeking its removal.
The rise of Mentats
Gilbertus Albans develops a school teaching human abilities that replace thinking machines.
Power and fanaticism
Manford Torondo uses anti-technology ideology to gain political and social influence.
Revenge and family conflicts
Valya Harkonnenová seeks revenge on Vorian Atreides for her family’s downfall.
Dune’s emerging institutions
The story follows the formation of Mentats, the Sisterhood, and other structures important to later Dune.
Setting
The Dune universe roughly a century after the Battle of Corrin, especially Lampadas and other worlds of the emerging Imperium.
Main characters
Gilbertus Albans
Founder of the Mentat school on Lampadas, teaching analytical abilities to replace thinking machines.
Manford Torondo
Leader of a fanatical anti-technology movement threatening the schools and technology-oriented powers.
Raquella Berto-Anirulová
A Reverend Mother working to rebuild the Sisterhood.
Valya Harkonnenová
A gifted Sisterhood student who wants revenge on Vorian Atreides.
Josef Venport
A powerful figure in interplanetary trade fighting the Butlerians.
Vorian Atreides
A hero of the Butlerian Jihad whom Valya blames for her family’s downfall.
Who is this book for?
For science-fiction readers and Dune fans interested in the origins of Mentats, the Sisterhood, and institutions shaping the later saga.
Book context
Mentats of Dune appeared in 2014 as the second Schools of Dune novel, a prequel in Frank Herbert’s universe. SOURCE_FACT dates this Czech edition to 2015 and lists 608 pages.
Séria a poradie
- Školy Duny – tento titul je 2. diel
Otázky o knihe
What is Mentati Duny about?
Humanity’s future after the thinking machines’ defeat, the rise of the Mentat school, and conflict with anti-technology fanatics.
Who wrote it?
Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.
What is the original title?
Mentats of Dune.
Is it part of a series?
Yes, the second book of Školy Duny, originally Schools of Dune.
Who is Gilbertus Albans?
The founder of a school teaching analytical abilities to replace thinking machines.
Who is Valya Harkonnenová?
A gifted Sisterhood student who also seeks revenge against Vorian Atreides.
When was the original published?
In 2014.
Is another edition available on AudioSpace?
Yes. Source data includes related product ID 24265 with the same title, original title, authors, and series.
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