The Currents of Space

from themulhern

Another Agatha Christie-style thriller masquerading as science fiction. This one was a little less preposterous than than the last in the series, as we get to see multiple different persons construct an explanation of the events from their different perspective. I listened to the book on audio, a...

from bezoar44

A man wakes up in a rural town on an oppressed planet with no memory of his identity or past. Slowly, as his memories begin to return, events are set in motion that will shake the future of two worlds, and possibly the entire Galactic Empire. This shorter novel shares some of the same characteris...

from bezoar44

A man wakes up in a rural town on an oppressed planet with no memory of his identity or past. Slowly, as his memories begin to return, events are set in motion that will shake the future of two worlds, and possibly the entire Galactic Empire. This shorter novel shares some of the same characteris...

from JohnFair

This book is the middle book in the rather loose trilogy that make up Dr Asimov's 'Empire Novels', telling the stories of some of the uncounted numbers of people affected as his Galactic Empire is formed. In this book, Trantor is close to becoming the Galactic Empire of his Foundation novels when...

from scottcholstad

Asimov's 1952 novel, The Currents of Space, surprised me. In it, I thought he showed some insights into racial/class/cultural issues that were ahead of his time, and that was something he rarely did in my opinion. He takes on economic and class privilege here, slavery, classicism, racism, addicti...