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Uh, weren’t we having a mutiny? (redux)

The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

The Consuming Fire by John Scalzi

July 5, 2019 by ingres77 2 Comments

The Collapsing Empire (4 stars) CBR11 Bingo: And so it begins. I read (and reviewed) this back in 2017, but had forgotten it when I tried reading its follow-up back at the end of last year. So, I put off reading book 2 until I could go back and re-read this. And here we are. These books take place far in humanity’s future. We’ve left earth and colonized parts of the galaxy using something called “the flow”, which is a system of highways or rivers […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: cbr11bingo, john scalzi, the collapsing empire, the consuming fire, the interdependency

ingres77's CBR11 Review No:15 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: cbr11bingo, john scalzi, the collapsing empire, the consuming fire, the interdependency ·
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Just as good as the first, maybe better?

November 30, 2018 by narfna 2 Comments

I was not disappointed by this sequel. P.S. writing this on my phone. I don’t actually have much to say about the book. I enjoyed it a lot, and I was worried that I would have forgotten everything that happened in the last book, and I sort of had, but Scalzi makes it easy for you to catch up. Cardenia is still emperox, Kiva is still a profane little firecracker, Marse is traveling around giving lectures about the flow collapse, and the effing Nohamapetans are […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: john scalzi, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, space opera, the consuming fire, the interdependency, wil wheaton

narfna's CBR10 Review No:158 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: john scalzi, narfna, sci-fi, science fiction, space opera, the consuming fire, the interdependency, wil wheaton ·
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I Am The Consuming Fire

October 27, 2018 by Emmalita 2 Comments

Good news! I didn’t have to wait until 2019 to get The Consuming Fire. Don’t read this review if you haven’t read The Collapsing Empire.

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Science Fiction Tagged With: Audible, cbr10bingo, john scalzi, listicles, the consuming fire, the interdependency, wil wheaton

Emmalita's CBR10 Review No:44 · Genres: Audiobooks, Science Fiction · Tags: Audible, cbr10bingo, john scalzi, listicles, the consuming fire, the interdependency, wil wheaton ·
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