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Empire of the Atom - A E Van Vogt |
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05/07/08 (93 review reads) |
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Advantages: Page Turner
Disadvantages: None
Empire of the Atom.
Author - A.E.Van Vogt.
It is after the Atomic wars and all the worlds history and the historical records have turned to dust.
Those people now living, thousands of years in the future, are allowed access to only the basic sciences.
Whilst the Palace strictly controls all of the sciences.
The outer worlds are colonised but unhappy at the yolk around their necks imposed by the ruling royal family living on Earth.
Then a child is born into the palace...
A mutant child....
Clane....
Clane is deformed, his presence and very life is suffered by the peoples of the palace.
Clane, having to live hidden and alone in the grounds of the sumptuous palace.
Clane with a sharp inventive mind, a mind and body shaped by long forgotten Atomic wars and the resulting radiations.
Clane discovers NEW uses for the Atomics that almost destroyed the Earth and outer worlds so many millennia ago. First he must protect himself from harm using tiny atomic generators small enough to fit inside of a ring and hence give him immense hidden powers.
But the outer worlds are rebellious and soon a new war will come. A war that could annihilate the Earth completely.
A war from the stars.
But Clane realises that the ruling powers within the Palace will soon demand his discoveries and the outer worlds will want to kill Clane as quickly as possible.
So Clane decides to go on the offensive and plot subtle and devious schemes to allow him to become sole ruler of the universe.
Opinions:
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A solid page turner.
The flow of narrative is simple and very easy to follow.
True the characters lack any real depth, but the book is simply a great read!
Imaginative ideas make for light reading, A beach book.
One of my favourite books.
Greg.
Summary: You will not be disappointed.
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