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Hidden Empire by Kevin J. Anderson
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This is turgid stuff. And the more you read it the worse it seems to get. Anderson has written a science fiction that is more like a 1960s space opera than the true science fiction works of Asimov, Clark and Heinlein. In this world the English speaking interbreeding aliens sometimes have some special force integrating them, but not always.

The writing is dreadful and monotonous and character development is so inconsequential that I now, mere months after reading this book, cannot think of any important character name, nor anything worth bothering about them. I simply lacked any involvement in this work.

How this should be spun out to 7 books, I do not know. I think the author should concentrate on one good book before attempting such a long series.

This is a book to make you embarrassed to read science fiction. Needless to say I will not be bothering with the sequels (despite the shameless way this book stops mid story in an attempt to force you on). ( )
1 vote sirfurboy | Sep 14, 2009 |
I made an attempt to read this book but got no where fast. I gave up after maybe 25 pages, because I could not keep track of the characters and the plot never continued for more than a page and a half before a new one started. I don't understand how this author keeps getting published. The writing is horrible. The concept could be great, if he narrowed his point of view to one or two characters. The reader does not need all that information. ( )
  gilroy | Jul 3, 2009 |
This novel is way too descriptive and doesn't have nearly enough action. The concepts are interesting, but there's not much engagement with the story or the characters - i.e. a space station blows up and everyone dies, but you won't really "feel" anything about this event because it was only described to you, it didn't engage you.

I made it halfway through when I realized I didn't give a hoot about any of the characters, or what happened next. Life's too short and there are too many books out there to waste any more time with this. (And, besides, I hear that this first book in the series stops very abruptly because you're expected to read the next book in the series to find out what happens.)

So, what happened?... I donated my copy and moved on to something that might stimulate me. ( )
  crazybatcow | Apr 16, 2009 |
This is an epic space opera of the old school. While it doesn't have the razor edge feel of top class science fiction it is nonetheless an enjoyable and entertaining read, with many different interesting characters and worlds.

I would rate this as a good holiday read. ( )
  ncarman31 | Mar 10, 2009 |
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To Igor Kordey.
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Safe in orbit high above the gas giant, Margret looked through the observation port at continent-sized hurricanes and clouds far below.
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The author of the New York Times bestsellers Dune: House Atreides and Star Wars: Darksaber delivers the first book in an all-new epic science fiction adventure trilogy.In our galaxys distant future, humans are one of three known intelligent races. Having had the ability to navigate star travel for only a few centuries, we are considered the new kids on the block in a long- established universe. The second intelligent race is the Ildirans, who are ruled by their Mage-Imperator; and the third race, the Klikiss, seems to have vanished and left behind a world full of artifacts and remarkable technology, which humans are now beginning to find and utilize. One such piece of technology is a device that has the power to turn a gaseous and useless supergiant planet into a small sun, thereby creating a new solar system in which humans can live. But when the device is tried for the first time, it awakens the wrath of a previously unsuspected fourth race, the Hydroguesand a galaxy-spanning war that threatens all life begins.

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