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Summary: The best of the Empire series
Review: This is the best book in the empire series, reflecting that unique type of sci-fi that is Asimov's. It's too bad that the Empire series is out of print and so hard to find anywhere because nobody's Asimov collection is complete without them.
Rating:
Summary: The best of the Empire series
Review: This is the best book in the empire series, reflecting that unique type of sci-fi that is Asimov's. It's too bad that the Empire series is out of print and so hard to find anywhere because nobody's Asimov collection is complete without them.
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Summary: Majestic and wonderful. One of his best.
Review: Uncharacteristically of the other two Empire novels, you really get a feel for the characters in this one and begin to understand them as if they were real people. You feel the panic and helplessness of Rik, a man with a bad case of amnesia of everything prior to a few days ago when he woke up and didn't know where he was or who he was, and just happened to have the good fortune of being taken in by a kind woman. On the planet Florina, still untouched by the rising Galactic Empire, lower class workers toil for their masters on the aristocratic world of Sark, and Rik struggles to find who wiped his mind and why. I was somewhat disappointed by all three Empire novels by the fact that none of them actually deals directly with the Empire or its rise, they only take place during it. Other than that, this is a superb novel.
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Summary: Fine Foundation Prequel
Review: When a man known only as Rik finds himself on the planet of Florina, he has no memory of his past and little hope for the future. He knows only that he is destined to work in the fields, growing the wondrous kyrt plant that is found only on Florina and is therefore a highly valued commodity across the galaxy. But with the help of a kind and loyal local woman, Rik manages to rediscover his own identity and help free the Florinians from the domination of the Squires of Sark, who have been exploiting Florina for its kyrt crop. The second book in the Galactic Empire trilogy, Currents of Space will not fail to satisfy fans of Isaac Asimov's famed brand of hard SF/space opera. The GE trilogy takes place in the era before Asimov's classic Foundation books, when the empire of Trantor does not yet control the entire Galaxy. Asimov's speculations about carbon currents, which are at the center of the plot, are no longer tenable after 50 years, but it doesn't matter. Currents is solid, exciting, old-fashioned SF that is hard to beat.
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