The Collapsing Empire
A Space Opera, Science Fiction, Fiction book. In the Interdependency, with its religious and social ethos of interconnectedness combined with a guild-centered, monopolistic economy, theyd created...
The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-newuniverse.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,...
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Its just a reminder that war favors the rich. The ones who can leave, do. The ones who cant, suffer. Kiva was silent for a moment. Then, Fuck you for having a conscience, Tomi. John Scalzi, The Collapsing Empire // something funny, Lord Marce? asked a young woman, standing in front of a desk. She was wearing imperial green. This was clearly the emperox, and equally clearly hed just blown his entrance. He bowed. Im sorry, Your Majesty, he said. I was surprised by your office. How so? I well. Maam. It looks like a museum exploded inside of it. Obelees Atek sucked in her breath and apparently was now waiting for the emperox to sentence him to a beheading. Instead she laughed, openly, loudly. Thank you, she said, with emphasis. John Scalzi, The Collapsing Empire //... Even without the Interdependency, being interdependent was the best way for humanity to survive. John Scalzi, The Collapsing Empire //
The beginning of the end of a thousand years of the Interdependency, an interstellar Empire of humanity post-Earth and linked by the Flow, an astrophysics anomaly that allows faster than light travel. The merchant Lady Kiva has come to the only habitable planet in the Interdependency only to find it in the middle of a rebellion against... Scalzi being one of my favourite scifi authors, I couldn't resist getting this new novel of his.From the prologue, the narration was full of humour and snark, something the author does very well. Mix to that interesting characters - from Cardenia, the new reluctant Emperor of this Interdependency society, Marce, scientist on a mission,... I tried repeatedly to read and finish this book, but finally gave up at 25 percent (DNF). Look I like John Scalzi a lot. I loved "Redshirts" and "Lock In", but this book right here is all the worst bits of "The Android's Dream" and I refuse to read that book ever again.I think the biggest issue of why I couldn't get into this book is...
