The Collapsing Empire | 
pickOh baby, Scalzi's done it again! I ripped through this one. I am overjoyed it's the first in a series. Perhaps it's a strange thing to find irksome, but I keep encountering blurbs on Scalzi's books that almost damn with faint praise regarding his 'accessibility'. It's a rotten thing to suggest that because something is easy to read and widely appealing that it's somehow lesser, I don't want to imply that, but 1/?
pickOh man do I love John Scalzi with Wil Wheaton narrating❤️❤️ I loved every minute of this book! The characters, the banter, the science of the space travel and world building all ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the fourth Scalzi book I‘ve read and he is now officially an auto buy author for me🙂
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pickThis book highlights the reasons I like Scalzi. Great banter, quick pace, nice world building. There are definite parallels to current society, reading this series amid the supply chain woes of the pandemic knowing it was written in 2015/2016 makes it clear how predictable our current problems were back then. Alas. Anyway, great fun, would recommend.
pickThousands of years in the future humanity has expanded to many planets. All planets are connected by The Flow for travel. The flow to earth long ago closed. Now the flow may be changing again. The empire includes all the inhabated planets which are dependent on one another. With a brand new Emperox and planets possibly losing connections, politics and intrigue ensue. Great characters and intriguing plot, on to book 2, The Consuming Fire!
pickScalzi is consistently a fun writer, & this series is his best yet, imo (so far - only read the 1st!). Space opera writ large - a reluctant emperox, dueling noble houses, space mutinies, &, naturally, political intrigue up the wazoo! Scalzi (always hilarious) keeps the parts moving & the zingers coming, which makes the meta-commentary here (which is very pointed) go down more smoothly even as the parallels to a certain other 'empire' pile up.
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Really good start to a series. Scalzi has a talent for fun sci-fi, and this is definitely that.
pickThis book was a lot of fun. The Kiva character is a blast. I‘ll read the next one 😊
pickLoved it. But I love everything Scalzi writes, so that wasn't a surprise. My cat is less enthusiastic, but that's not a surprise either.
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The Collapsing Empire kicks off with a bang.
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pickIf you‘ve read anything by Scalzi, you know what to expect from this book. It‘s a fun, light, fast-paced read and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I especially appreciated how female-centric this book is. All the ladies are pretty badass in their own ways and most of the prominent characters are women. No one feels like a stereotype and that‘s frustratingly hard to come by when it comes to books written by dudes.
I‘m not sure if I‘m more surprised to read such an accurate description of my pain at a time when I happen to be going through it, or the fact that a man so accurately described it. He must have had help from his wife and/or daughter.
John Scalzi is one of my fave sci-fi authors! His books are fast paced, full of wry humour, and very very human. @wanderinglynn has already nominated his Old Man‘s War series so I‘m picking The Interdependency series which starts with this book.
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pickThis is a weird read in April 2020. On the one hand it is effortless to read, which I am grateful for. But it also falls a bit flat. A handful of characters have the knowledge of a coming disaster. Yet none of the characters are suffering from the overwhelming stress that we all now understand is part seeing looming disaster. It's still a pick and I've bought the second book but defo not one where the characters become real ppl to me.
pickEverything about this is so yes! Tightly wound Sci fi political thriller with twists and turns. So good!
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pickThis was a light and fun sci fi read that I really enjoyed. Some of the characters were so over the top it was hard not to laugh at their ridiculousness. Looking forward to the next one.
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Enjoying The Collapsing Empire so far but I could do without the attempt to eat the book. #CatsOfLitsy
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pick🎧 Space Opera with all the fun, fast paced adventures and plenty of snark, tension and satisfying comeuppances! The audiobook narrator, Wil Wheaton seems to be enjoying himself too 🙂
This first-in-series does end with a cliffhanger and, I‘m kind of surprised I haven‘t downloaded the next title yet!
pickThis space opera was so much fun to read, and exactly what I needed during a hectic week at work. Fun, fast, and foul-mouthed - it was a blast!
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It is a beautiful night to sit outside and read. Although I don't read a lot of scifi I am really enjoying this book.
“...you don‘t listen to the story. You listen to the pattern.” Words to live by!!!
pickThis was a fast, fun and f-bomb filled tale of political intrigue in a sprawling empire run by powerful Guild families, the Church of Interdependency, and an ailing Emperor. I loved the characters and can't wait to start the sequel, The Consuming Fire. Good stuff.
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pickA re-read for my #sciencefiction book group. It was better the second time around because I‘d read the second book in the trilogy (series?) & understood some of what was coming. As someone in my book group pointed out, it‘s weird to have the whole empire/monarchy thing, and the Flow is kind of hand-wavy math, but it‘s interesting anyway ... here at the End of everything (HINT HINT CLIMATE CHANGE). Four ⭐️. Or rather 🚀🚀🚀🚀.
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pickLoved! Purchased the sequel immediately upon finishing. Scalzi‘s writing and Wil Wheaton‘s narration are perfect together. #2019
so-soPart of my latest library haul: In the far future, there's an empire of distant planets, only reachable by long space journeys. Then something happens... The story is told by several pov characters. I would have preferred more science and less politics. It wasn't my first Scalzi and probably not the last, but I don't think that I will continue this series.
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so-soOkay, I definitely didnt hate it. Its a good space opera. The characters were all mostly dicks, which I enjoy, but he failed at making me root for them in some way. It just wasnt the most engaging political intuige story ever, but shit is starting to go down at the end of the book, so maybe it will get better in the 2nd. Definitly will pick up book two at somepoint, I might try to wait for an audible sale.
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pickThe idea that life as we know it is reaching its expiration date, yet we refuse to believe the science and take action before its to late...is a sobering premise for this book. I really enjoyed the story themes and the ideas, but to love it - I need to get more familiar with Scalzi clipped & comic narration. There were some fab characters, but the book read more like a film script than a novel and for me that left it a little bare.
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Thank goodness for Kiva and her foul mouth and amorality, she provides these darkly refreshing bursts of humourous irrevence when things are getting tense. On a similar note, I sincerely hope we see more of Vrenna in the next book.
Stellar character on work Ghreni because by the time the Interlude rolls around, every bit of it has me chortling in schadenfreude. 7mo
Always, always check your math, and get peer reviewed sources. 😉 7mo