The Collapsing Empire

Posted on 25 June 2019 by John Scalzi

The first novel of a new space opera sequence set in an all new universe by the Hugo Award winning, New York Times bestselling author of Redshirts and Old Man s War.Our universe is ruled by physics and faster than light travel is not possible until the discovery of The Flow, an extra dimensional field we can access at certain points in space time that transport us to other worlds, around other stars Humanity flows away from Earth, into space, and in time forgets our home world and creates a new empire, the Interdependency, whose ethos requires that no one human outpost can survive without the others It s a hedge against interstellar war and a system of control for the rulers of the empire.The Flow is eternal but it is not static Just as a river changes course, The Flow changes as well, cutting off worlds from the rest of humanity When it s discovered that The Flow is moving, possibly cutting off all human worlds from faster than light travel forever, three individuals a scientist, a starship captain and the Empress of the Interdependency are in a race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse. Download The Collapsing Empire – kino-fada.fr As delightful and easy to read as Scalzi at his best Redshirts, Old Man s War , with characters who are going to stay with you whenever you have to put the book down which you aren t going to want to do.I won t discuss plot, at all, but I will say this much like all great SF, and like the SF that has become accepted as classic, The Collapsing Empire works as a wonderful SF tale but it also has important allegory, metaphor, and commentary on some things that are going on right now, for As delightful and easy to read as Scalzi at his best Redshirts, Old Man s War , with characters who are going to stay with you whenever you have to put the book down which you aren t going to want to do.I won t discuss plot, at all, ...A big thanks to Netgalley for this ARC This novel marks a very strong return to Space Opera for Scalzi and I ll admit that I felt slightly trepidatious about it, after all, these tomes usually require a fairly substantial investment of time and energy, especially when contemplating an extensive book deal for him running to 2027 Congrats, by the way However, I should just go ahead and trust that my favorite authors, Scalzi included, can pull off these kinds of really ambitious undertakings A big thanks to Netgalley for this ARC This novel marks a very strong return to Space Opera for Scalzi and I ll admit that I felt slightly trepidatious about it, after all, these tomes usually require a fairly substantial investment of time and energy, especially when contemplating an extensive book deal for him running to 2027 Congrats, by the way However, I should just go ahead and trust that my favorit...Posted at Heradas ReviewScalzi is accessible science fiction, and this is Scalzi the storyteller at his best He s improved at structuring a story over the years, and this isevidence to support that claim You can tell how much fun he s having writing a space opera in a universe very separate from the Old Man s War series My one complaint would be with Scalzi s prose, and only because I know he can do better than this See the codas at the end of Redshirts, or the novella The Sagan Posted at Heradas ReviewScalzi is accessible science fiction, and this is Scalzi the storyteller at his best He s improved ...This is a wildly fun space opera Witty, irreverent, even a little sexy Lots and lots of world building and the society here, the Interdependency is full of intrigue Incredible women characters which is very refreshing I was turning the page so so fast and sad when the book ended One flaw is that there are some really annoying, kind of lazy ways in which the reader is taught about this world Like, straight up, in one scene a guy is exp...UPDATE 12 13 18 Re read in preparation for book two Listened to Wil Wheaton s audiobook narration this time, which was really great Loved the book just as much the second time and will probably listen to the next one as well 4.25ish stars Accessible is a word I ve read used to describe Scalzi s fiction a lot, and it s true This feels like old school space opera, commercial and unabashedly traditional with some modern sensibilities if that s not too big a contradiction It s also basically UPDATE 12 13 18 Re read in preparation for book two Listened to Wil Wheaton s audiobook narration this time, which was really great Loved the book just as much the second time and will probably listen to the next one as well 4.25ish stars Accessible is a word I ve read used to describe Scalzi s fiction a lot, and it s true This feels like old school space opera, commercial and unabashedly traditional with some modern sensibilities if that s not too big a contradiction It s also basically a giant set up for the forthcoming series but, as bait, it pulled me in hook, line and sinker I ve also noticed multiple mentions comparing Scalzi s dialogue to Joss Whedon Which, let s be honest, makes him my soulmate Maybe I m just one of those smart mouthed millennials but John Scalzi is my kind of snarky, even when it s laid on pretty thick I connected with each of the three main POV cha...I finally got to The Collapsing Empire I loved, loved the whole Old Man s War Series and that set my expectations of future Scalzi work ski high Which is why I only mildly enjoyed his book, Redshirts I expected it to be hilarious, but found it only mildly amusing The coda s helped, but didn t put it over the top for me I kinda ignored this and still went into The Collapsing Empire with big expectations Keeping in mind those high expectations, I found this book to bewait for it I finally got to The Collapsing Empire I loved, loved the whole Old Man s War Series and that set my expectations of future Scalzi work ski high Which is why I only mildly enjoyed his book, Redshirts I expected it to be hilarious, but found it only mildly amusing The coda s helped, but didn t put it over the top for me I kinda ignored this and still went into The Collapsing Empire with big expectations Keeping in mind those high expectations, I found this book to bewait for itvery good Yes, not great, not awful I enjoyed it, but wasn t blown away like I was by every book in Old Man s War trilogy.Having just toured Italy for ten days and getting to see feudal Europe firsthand, I was primed for ...First, the good news The Collapsing Empire is a smart, entertaining, easily digestible page turner In other words, it s a John Scalzi novel It s also a nice bit of old fashioned sci fi fun heroes do heroic things and villains do villainous things, the story has nice momentum and the world building is fun.Trying to figure out why I felt unsatisfied by the book is a little harder to...Delicious.John Scalzi s 2017 space opera MAGNIFICO is delicious the same way hipster doughnuts with fruity pebbles or maple with bacon are yummy decadent, a little on the silly side, but OH SO GOOD Reminiscent of Jack Vance, Samuel Delaney, Frank Herbert and Douglas Adams Adams YES It s funny, sometimes even hilarious but with a modernity born of the INFORMATION AGE Scalzi does what Scalzi does best entertains with a cool as ice cream space saga EXTRAVAGANZA It s SPACEOPERAPALOOZA If ...If you like political machinations, space, Scalzi s wit, and characters who areasshole than charming, you ll enjoy this It took me a little bit to get used to the general lack of fucks all of the characters give and the amount of fucks the characters say , but I found myse...4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum me start by saying I m a huge fan of John Scalzi s Old Man s War series Years ago when I was still mostly reading fantasy and wanted to get into science fiction, I d made the initial mistake of starting my journey with a couple of classic titles that nonetheless made me feel like I was in way over my head It wasn t until the moment I picked up the first Old Man s War book that I realized the element I d been 4 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum me start by saying I m a huge fan of John Scalzi s Old M...

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25 June 2019

John Scalzi