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Pros
A young aristocrat on the run in the midst of a galactic conspiracy. A continual theme of robots and their development. Only shortcoming is that you may not expect the depth of other asimov books.
This is the beginning of how the human settlements of the planets of the milky way galaxy evolved into the monolithic empire of the foundation trilogy. It is the first of the galactic empire trilogy, or should i say pre-galactic empire, trilogy.
Biron farrill is an archetypical hero, maybe toned down a bit from the flash gordon/buck rogers models. The plot involves a possibly mythical "rebellion world" that is theoretically located in the horsehead nebula.
Cons
The lead character, biron, is believable only to a naive teenage reader. The romance is even less believable.
I enjoy old, classic sf novels occasionally, but this asimov novel did disappoint me. Written with cringeworthy awkwardness and zero suspense. Probably a good one to avoid unless you are a completist.
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Asimov once again succeeds with an exciting plot full of surprises, scientific theories explained for those quite unfamiliar wi... Read More
The concepts haven't all aged too well, but a surprising amount is still relevant.
No i am reading the galactic empire series.
Asimov," does present the book title with the comma, so don't ask me!
Price
Asimov isn’t known for that, after all.
Shipping
The book itself was a fast paced sci-fi adventure, with asimov's trademark attention to detail and typical plot mechanics.
Packaging/appearance
The galactic empire series both entertains and illuminates today's reader to sci-fi as it was written in the 50's.
The plot involves a possibly mythical “rebellion world” that is growing and waiting for the right time to launch an overthrow o... Read More
Artemisia is a princess, the daughter of the ruler of rhodia, who is under the thumb of the tyranni.
Competitiveness
Even today a great read for novice or experienced sci if enthusiast all over the world.
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- This product had a total of 2,594 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 21 2023.
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Somehow biron manages to evade the traps and dangers that surround him
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You can be sure that this is so since he has written this little essay himself and his devotion to absolute objectivity is notorious
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It may surprise some potential readers to learn then that book 2 in the series 34the stars like dust34 the use of a comma after the word 34stars34 is not present anywhere in my 1963 lancer paperback but asimovs later autobiography 34i
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Thus the book can be viewed as a very loose prequel of sorts although the galactic backdrop is the only story element that the two books share
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In the book the galactic empire consists of only some 1100 settled planets as opposed to the 200 million colonized worlds of book 1
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He survives this murder attempt and later learns that his nobleman father the socalled rancher of widemos has just been put to death for his participation in an insurrection plot against the tyranni
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Writing in his 34ultimate guide to science fiction34 scottish critic david pringle calls 34the stars like dust34 34a minor asimov space yarn34 and that does indeed seem to be the general consensus
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As a matter of fact asimov himself would later call it the least favorite of all his 40 novels 38 of which had been in the scifi realm
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