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The collapsing empire / John Scalzi.
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- ISBN: 9780765388889 (hardcover) :
- Physical Description: 333 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Tor, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017.
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| General Note: | "A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
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| Subject: | Interplanetary voyages > Fiction. Intrigue > Fiction. Life on other planets > Fiction. Space and time > Fiction. Space flight > Fiction. Outer space > Exploration > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Science fiction. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at South Central Regional Library.
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- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Altona Library | F Sca (Text) | 35864002201026 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Miami Library | F Sca (Text) | 35864002201034 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Winkler Library | F Sca (Text) | 35864002201042 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When humanity discovers the existence of an extra-dimensional field capable of transporting travelers to different worlds instantly, a significantly depopulated Earth is threatened by a subsequent finding that the field is unstable and may be cutting travelers off on the wrong side of Earth-friendly worlds. - Baker & Taylor
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. But when it's discovered that the entire Flow is moving, possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever, a scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox of the Interdependency must race to find out what can be salvaged from an empire on the brink of collapse. -- - McMillan Palgrave
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. - McMillan Palgrave
*2018 LOCUS AWARD WINNER OF BEST SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL*
*2018 HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL*
âJohn Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today.â âJoe Hill, author of The Fireman
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 impossibleâuntil 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. Itâs a hedge against interstellar warâand, for the empireâs rulers, a system of control.
The Flow is eternalâbut itâs 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 itâs discovered that the entire Flow is moving, possibly separating all human worlds from one another forever, three individualsâa scientist, a starship captain, and the emperox of the Interdependencyâmust race against time to discover what, if anything, can be salvaged from an interstellar empire on the brink of collapse.
"Fans of Game of Thrones and Dune will enjoy this bawdy, brutal, and brilliant political adventure" âBooklist on The Collapsing Empire
"Political plotting, plenty of snark, puzzle-solving, and a healthy dose of action...Scalzi continues to be almost insufferably good at his brand of fun but think-y sci-fi adventure." âKirkus Reviews on The Collapsing Empire
âScalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced.â âThe Wall Street Journal on The Human Division
The Interdependency Series
1. The Collapsing Empire
2. The Consuming Fire
