#collapsing empire

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the last two scifi books i've read both have/had an empress/emperox named Wu Zetian, i don't fully understand how this is the genre i've seen her most in, but i'm here for it

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Dear Feminists: Look To Kiva Lagos and Cardenia Wu-Patrick.

I have to appreciate John Scalzi, though male, wrote the strongest female characters in literature this year. 

SPOILER ALERT FOR THE SERIES!

SPOLER ALETER FOR THE SERIES!

We start off with my favorite anti-hero ever - Lady Kiva of the House of Lagos. Now Kiva is not your average sci-fi heroine. She’s smart - her mother’s right hand woman, who runs the Lagos business, recovers millions of what would have been counted as business losses by smuggling immigrants on her ship, and is proudly pansexual. Oh - her mouth is foul. Fouler than a toilet in a train station. 

The beauty of Kiva Lagos is the normalization that a woman can have sexuality and not be defined by it. Scalzi gets rid of slut shaming, and making a smart, powerful and confident woman be interested in sex. He gets rid of the pedestal upon which most powerful women are placed - they’re untouchable, almost asexual, singlehandedly focused on their goals. 

Kiva Lagos is all woman, but she’s not one you would want to trifle with. 

Enter Cardenia Wu-Patrick. I must admit I thought her bland as pudding in the first book The Collapsing Empire, but in the Consuming Fire? I had to eat my words. Emperox Grayland II, is perfectly gray. She never wanted to be emperox, and yet she’s killing at it. I thought she would be easily fooled into alliances she would need the rescue of others to get out of, but our Cardenia, is no wall flower. She’s cunning. She is able to play the council and me - into thinking she is weak, and she can be overthrown. In the end she proves us all wrong. 

All while having the cutest crush on Marce Claremont. Again Scalzi manages to make her a strong, powerful woman, who can fall in love. 

They’re so wonderfully organic, multi-dimensional characters that I think we finally redefine feminism - it doesn’t mean being a robot, unfeeling and asexual. It does not mean being a paragon of morals and values. It simply means being a woman, who can control space ships, and uncover years long of embezzlement, and run an entire empire because they’re strong, capable people who can. And in no way did their womanly qualities in anyway hinder that capacity. 

So yes, John Scalzi is officially my new favorite author. Sorry Pat Rothfuss.

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[kathubs]

Vroman's Presents an Evening with John Scalzi & Cory Doctorow!

John Scalzi & Cory Doctorow will be joined by Wil Wheaton and Amber Benson, the voices of the audio version of Walkaway. From New York Times bestselling author Cory Doctorow, comes Walkaway, an epic tale of revolution, love, post-scarcity, and the end of death. "Walkaway is now the best contemporary example I know of, its utopia glimpsed after fascinatingly-extrapolated revolutionary struggle." --William Gibson The Collapsing Empire is the first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Redshirts and Old Man's War. "John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today." --Joe Hill, author of The Fireman We are expecting a large crowd for this event so we are offering tickets for a copy of either Cory Doctorow’s new book Walkaway or John Scalzi’s new book The Collapsing Empire and a guaranteed seat at the event. John Scalzi & Cory Doctorow will be signing copies of their books only. Amber Benson & Wil Wheaton will NOT be signing books this evening. Event end times are subject to change. There will be no refunds after the event.

GUYS AMBER BENSON IS DOING AN APPEARANCE IN PASADENA, CA

Tue, April 25, 2017 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM PDT Vroman's Bookstore 695 East Colorado Boulevard Pasadena, CA 91101 

She’s appearing with John Scalzi, Cory Doctorow, and Wil Wheaton. Amber and Wil are not signing books; John and Cory are.

Please go see her if you can, and support these awesome people!

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Book Review: The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

Book Review: The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi

Title: Collapsing Empire Author: John Scalzi Series: Interdependency #1 Genre: Science Fiction Rating: 3/5 stars The Overview: The first novel of a new space-opera sequence set in an all-new universe by the Hugo Award-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Redshirts and Old Man’s War. Our universe is ruled by physics and faster than light travel is not possible — until the discovery…

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This is Sci-Fi #4: The Collapsing Empire, Starship Troopers, and More

This is #Scifi 4: The Collapsing Empire, Starship Troopers, and More

This is Sci-Fi is a sampling of science fiction news across the mediums. From movies to books, to real life, and any bits in between that I can think of to list. This is by no means a comprehensive list of what’s happening, but it should whet your appetite! This is Sci-Fi’s Quote to Consider: “If you try and lose then it isn’t your fault. But if you don’t try and we lose, then it’s all your…

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Collapsing Empire book cover by sparth