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Carregando... The Risen Empire: Book One of Succession (edição: 2003)de Scott Westerfeld
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. 197 El Emperador ha gobernado con firmeza, como un dios viviente, su poderoso imperio durante dieciséis siglos. Lo ha conseguido debido a que puede otorgar una especie de vida eterna. Así, ha creado una élite conocida como los Elevados. Su poder ha sido absoluto. Nadie puede tocarlo. Mientras, los humanos alterados mecánicamente, El Rix, tratan de acabar con su tiranía y suplantarlo con su propia dinastía cibernética. Su último logro ha sido el secuestro de la hija de la emperatriz. El capitán Laurent Zai recibe la misión de liberarla. Separados por millones de años luz, Zai y su amada, la senadora pacifista Nara Oxham, envuelta en una maraña política, deben enfrentarse al desafío de El Rix. Tendrán el destino de toda la galaxia en sus manos. If you like lots of techno-detail in your SF, this is some pretty cool tech to read about. I prefer a somewhat lower tech:(plot&characters) ratio myself; but it was pretty cool tech. Be warned, tho: this is not a complete story. Only one of several subplots gets resolved by the end of the book. I might go get the others from the library. It wasn't bad. Disappointing space opera filled with typos. This novel was nominated for some of the SF literature prizes, but it ultimately didn’t measure up. The technology and the universe Westerfeld creates are intriguing – a cross between Dune and cyberpunk with some nanotechnology thrown in. It was engrossing at times, but the characters never really live because the text is exposition heavy. I did care enough to be peeved when it ends with a cliff-hanger. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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From the acclaimed #1New York Times bestselling author ofEvolution's Darling (Philip K. Dick Award special citation and aNew York Times notable book) andUglies,Pretties, andSpecials, comes a sweeping epic.TheRisen Empire is the first great space opera of the twenty-first century. The undead Emperor has ruled his mighty interstellar empire of eighty human worlds for sixteen hundred years. Because he can grant a form of eternal life-after-death, creating an elite known as the Risen, his power is absolute. He and his sister, the Child Empress, who is eternally a little girl, are worshipped as living gods. The Rix are machine-augmented humans who worship very different gods: AI compound minds of planetary size. Cool, relentless fanatics, their only goal is to propagate such AIs. They seek to end the Emperor's prolonged rule, and supplant it with an eternal cybernetic dynasty. They begin by taking the Child Empress hostage. Captain Laurent Zai of the Imperial Frigate Lynx is tasked with her rescue. Separated by light years, bound by an unlikely love, Zai and pacifist Senator Nara Oxham must both face the challenge of the Rix, and both will hold the fate of the empire in their hands. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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