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reviewed Empire Games by Charles Stross (Empire Games, #1)

Charles Stross: Empire Games (2017, Tor Books) 5 stars

The year is 2020. It's seventeen years since the Revolution overthrew the last king of …

Review of 'Empire Games' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I found this exceptionally enjoyable, rightly riveting and crazily cool. I thought, having had the whole introductory universe x y and z statement that I'd get very confused, but i actually managed to keep the threads straight in my head and utterly enjoyed the work as a result.

My only small gripe seemed to be the lack of consistency of dialogue and diction in Timeline 3, but even that's not such a huge thing when I consider just how many people we see living there aren't native. other than that, the whole story rocked along at an impressive pace and I eagerly await the next one.