Re:The Machine Crusade (SPOILERS!)
As for the OC Bible I have a theory on that as I was talking to a friend at lunch about it.
The OC Bible is filled with lots of New Testament *slightly* changed.
Thou shalt not create machines in the image of a mans mind, etc…
This seems just like the mistranslations that Iblis was compiling. I also have a feeling that the Jihad is going to go vicious, and start to include things like the Cognitors themselves. I’m guessing there’s going to be a huge *cleansing* in the next book which will explain a lot of the misinformation. Paul or Leto explains in the original series that the humans lost the Jihad because they became just like the machines; intolerant, methodical, etc… Either him or Leto also does confirm that it was the Bene Gesserit responsible for a lot of the lies as well.
My friend brought up the fact that we havent seen or heard of the discovery of Gholas yet, and nor was it dealt with in the House Series. He thinks Xavier and Iblis will be cloned by the Tleilaxu and Xavier will be the first twisted ghola.
I can see Iblis being cloned since he was in bed with the Tluluxa and I’m sure they had his DNA (it’s hard enough spelling Tleilaxu!) but not Xavier (even though they have his DNA too).
The other thing that sucks is everytime I read one of these new prequels, EVERY TIME, I gotta go back and re-read the originals or I start getting confused 😉
I really hope Sci-Fi picks up on this and creates a mini-series. These books are much more suited to the TV genre than the original series imo.
PS Headge if you get an advanced copy you’re kicking it down when you’re done to me or I’ll send Piter DeVries over to have a talk with you. 😈