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When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Kel Command …
I'd heard good things about this book before, and it was on a list of excellent diverse space opera. Thought it might be a good mix in with my ancient sci fi written by white dudes for variety.
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are …
What if you could mathematically prove that the government was going to fail? More, what if you had magical math showing you the one path forward to limit how long chaos would reign following that fall? That's the premise for Foundation: Hari Seldon's psychohistory predicts the fall of the Galactic Empire and he must act to plant the seeds of the future to come to limit how long humanity will be subject to the whims of arbitrary and capricious kings splitting up the territory as the scientific knowledge of the empire is lost.
I really enjoy the separate stories of the Foundation.
I'm reading science fiction classics to get a feel for what led to the Traveller RPG right now and revisiting this one was well worth it.
Asimov isn't great at character development, the characters tend to fall off and be replaced by the next generation right as they …
What if you could mathematically prove that the government was going to fail? More, what if you had magical math showing you the one path forward to limit how long chaos would reign following that fall? That's the premise for Foundation: Hari Seldon's psychohistory predicts the fall of the Galactic Empire and he must act to plant the seeds of the future to come to limit how long humanity will be subject to the whims of arbitrary and capricious kings splitting up the territory as the scientific knowledge of the empire is lost.
I really enjoy the separate stories of the Foundation.
I'm reading science fiction classics to get a feel for what led to the Traveller RPG right now and revisiting this one was well worth it.
Asimov isn't great at character development, the characters tend to fall off and be replaced by the next generation right as they would need to change to meet the new times. But the situations are great and keep you engaged as you see how the history of the foundation has been carried forward by each generation.
This is honestly one of the science fiction classics that has aged pretty gracefully.
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
After suffering devastating loss and making drastic decisions, Zetian finds herself at the seat of power in Huaxia. But she …
Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate... and, unfortunately, his relatives. …
I always love T Kingfisher books and this one was no exception.
Halla is a widow who's been taking care of her late husband's uncle until he dies, leaving her everything. Great you say, but you've never met Halla's in-laws now murderously set on keeping the inheritance in the family. She escapes their clutches with the help of a man trapped in a magic sword but must return to town to claim her inheritance.
This one's going next to The Princess Bride in "I guess it's technically a love story BUT LOOK AT ALL THE ADVENTURE!"
Seriously, it's good, and the travelogue-y bits where we get to know the characters and see them both oblivious to the relationship forming are fun to read. Plus it's T Kingfisher so there's bonus bloody scenes!
Halla is a housekeeper who has suddenly inherited her great-uncle's estate... and, unfortunately, his relatives. Sarkis is an immortal swordsman …
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are …
Excited reading through this, the purpose of Foundation reveal was cool and the reveal of history through flashes forward and back is a cool device too.
A planet which has suffered from economic depression since the unexpected end of the galactic war have pinned all of …
A planet which has suffered from economic depression since the unexpected end of the galactic …
Reading some classic sci fi as well as more modern space opera because reading the Traveller RPG has me on a sci fi kick.
The Cosmic Computer opens with Conn Maxwell returning from schooling off planet and beginning a plan to improve life on his backwater agricultural planet left forgotten after a conflict that reads like the US Civil War with the serial numbers filed off.
The economic adventure Conn and his father find themselves in is exciting and explained to me why H. Beam Piper is considered among the classics.
Just marred a bit in the 21st century by the late 50s early 60s sexism like that women can't be trusted to use logic. Meanwhile an almost religious devotion to an old story is what the Maxwells have to use to get the men to do anything to better things.
A planet which has suffered from economic depression since the unexpected end of the galactic war have pinned all of …
In 2057, Bella Lind and the crew of the Rockhopper mine comets for their ice, but when Janus, one of …
When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Kel Command gives her a chance to …
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced …
Somewhere on the outer rim of the universe, a mass of decaying world-ships known as the Legion is traveling in …
