SPOILERS, YOU WERE WARNED!
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Ok then! Glad I took today off to watch the Phillies vs Florida, not only did the Phils win but Machine Crusade is out!

Gracing the back cover is our old friend Erasmus draped in a regal blue cloak watching as a cymek destroys everything around him.

I've read through the first couple chapters, and it is a whopper! Herbert(the younger) has a great feel for the human mind as he creates characters like Xavier Harkonnen faced with the moral conflict of "Do the ends justify the means?" while the machine-raised Vorian Atreides displays much more logical, machine-like conclusions.

He also explores the moral conflicts we are facing today and have in the past when certain civilizations refuse to be defended and believe in non-violence even when that means they will be destroyed. As one of their leaders states in the book "Are human tyrants better than machine tyrants? Who can say?" Brilliant stuff, Herberts really showing his fathers genes here with his graps of the underside of humanity.

So far I *dont* really like how much things changed between books. Granted they wrote plenty of short-stories, but I didn't expect there to be only 4 Titans left =/ I liked those guys and gals!

But rest assured they replace the characters we miss with new improved evil characters like Beowulf. Can't wait to read more!
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