![]() ![]() But then the car hits the wall and the camera switches to slow motion. I can forgive flat characterisation if there are other things to make up for it, and the first half of the novel is fast paced. He could have imagined anything and this is what he came up with. Unfortunately the types Asimov has chosen are all boring. Artemisia is particularly badly handled and seems to be two characters with the same name. However, the characters here are so one dimensional they’re more types than characters. Not that anything in this novel is original, but there are just so many similarities I can’t help wondering. ![]() ![]() It’s almost like Lucas has taken things like the Force and the Death Star from the Lensman series (abandoning the racist plot) and welded them to this novel. These are just a few of the many, many similarities to Star Wars. Together they head off towards the Rebel Alliance’s base, but the Empire and Aratap (Darth Vader) are in hot pursuit. ![]() He heads out across the galaxy and into danger, teaming up with Gillbret (Obi Wan Kenobi) and Artemisia (Princess Leia). Biron Farill (played by Luke Skywalker) has grown up on an out-of-the-way planet, and when his father is murdered and he narrowly escapes death himself. Luckily they’re called the Tyranni so everyone knows where they stand. Thousands of years hence, humanity has settled hundreds of worlds ruled by a hodgepodge of monarchies. The plot holds together but I’m not giving stars for driving straight at the wall.Ī political thriller. ![]()
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