The Collapsing Empire

The Collapsing Empire

Cover art for hardcover
Author John Scalzi
Cover artist Nicolas "Sparth" Bouvier
Country United States of America
Language English
Series The Interdependency series
Genre Science fiction, space opera
Publisher Tor Books
Publication date
 March 21, 2017
Pages 336
ISBN 978-0-7653-8888-9
Followed by The Last Emperox

The Collapsing Empire is a science fiction space opera novel by American writer John Scalzi. The book was published by Tor Books on March 21, 2017.[1] It is the first of a series of at least two books set in the same universe, the second book, The Last Emperox, is scheduled to be released in 2019.[2][3]

Plot

After a thousand years of having a human-run interstellar civilization called the Interdependency, humankind is threatened by the collapse of the Flow, a wormhole-esque system described as a "river of alternate space-time" that allows apparent faster-than-light travel. Since each human world is not self-sufficient and would be isolated from the other worlds, there is a political conspiracy to profit off the catastrophe.

Reception

The Ars Technica reviewer enjoyed Scalzi's space opera and summarized the story as a "...thought experiment about the fall of civilization."[4] The Chicago Review of Books reviwers says the book: "It's like Game of Thrones in space, if George R. R. Martin limited himself to 300 pages and liked to curse more."[5]

The TV rights to The Collapsing Empire have been purchased.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Scalzi, John. "Cover for The Collapsing Empire, My New Book, Out on March 21, 2017". Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Interview: John Scalzi, Author Of 'The Collapsing Empire' : NPR". Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "How John Scalzi Wrote ‘The Collapsing Empire’ – Chicago Review of Books". Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  4. ↑ Review of The Collapsing Empire at Ars Technica Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  5. ↑ How John Scalzi Wrote ‘The Collapsing Empire’ Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  6. ↑ Collapsing Empire TV rights Retrieved April 6, 2017.
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