Ian Sudderth reviewed The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)
Just a lot of fun
4 stars
Great plot, great world, amazing characters, so fun and funny
eBook, 336 pages
English language
Published March 21, 2017 by Tor Books.
4 stars
(16 reviews)
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. Faster than light travel is impossible—until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars.
Riding The Flow, humanity spreads to innumerable other worlds. Earth is forgotten. A new empire arises, the Interdependency, based on the doctrine that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It’s a hedge against interstellar war—and, for the empire’s rulers, a system of control.
The Flow is eternal—but it’s not static. Just as a river changes course, The Flow changes as well. In rare cases, entire worlds have been cut off from the rest of humanity. When it’s discovered that the entire Flow is moving, …
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. Faster than light travel is impossible—until the discovery of The Flow, an extradimensional field available at certain points in space-time, which can take us to other planets around other stars.
Riding The Flow, humanity spreads to innumerable other worlds. Earth is forgotten. A new empire arises, the Interdependency, based on the doctrine that no one human outpost can survive without the others. It’s a hedge against interstellar war—and, for the empire’s rulers, a system of control.
The Flow is eternal—but it’s not static. Just as a river changes course, The Flow changes as well. In rare cases, entire worlds have been cut off from the rest of humanity. When it’s discovered that the entire Flow is moving, possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever, three individuals—a scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox of the Interdependency—must race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse.
Thomas Christensen reviewed The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)
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4 stars
Jeg har fundet kvaliteten af John Scalzis bøger lidt svingende, men her står han ret stærkt. Vi er godt ude i fremtiden og Wu imperiet sidder hårdt på de 48 planeter i imperiet, takket været kontrollen med de "flow" kanaler der gør man kan bevæge sig hurtigt mellem de forskellige verdener. Men holder det?
Scalzi har opbygge et interessant univers og vi har 2-3 gode hovedpersoner, som vi følger. Bogen står fint alene, men jeg glæder mig alligevel til at komme i gang med toeren.
Stephen reviewed The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)
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3 stars
Not bad, but if you don't count the word "fucking" there's basically no adjectives. Characters can be in a scene with no description of age, height, clothes or anything. It's practically a script. Funny script though.
Sean Randall reviewed The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)
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4 stars
A great way to start a new year, I found myself enjoying the politics. Some of the profanity did seem a little gratuitous; there's a point where it sort of becomes a little hard to swallow. It doesn't feel like a very friendly universe, although I suppose that's the point. Book 2? yes, I'd love to see where all this goes.
Subjects
- space opera