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title: "The Stars, Like Dust Paperback – August 8, 2019"
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# The Stars, Like Dust Paperback – August 8, 2019

**Brand:** isaac asimov
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Classic Asimov
  

*by J***9 on Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2023*

I have read a lot of Asimov including 2 or 3 times through the Foundation series. For some reason I never read these books. It is very much as I expected - elements of hard Science Fiction with some intrigue and many comments on human behavior. If this is your introduction to Asimov be sure to remember when this was written and sample from each of his series. There are many extraordinary stories waiting for you.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Classic Space Opera, with All Its Fun & Faults
  

*by D***S on Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2022*

This is Asimov’s first take at a galactic trilogy, before the Foundation series.  The Stars, Like Dust is the first volume of a classic space opera, the Empire series.If you liked Foundation, you probably will like the Empire series as well.  Like Foundation, it is all political maneuvering and intrigue, with a little more hand-to-hand fighting.  It actually reminds me a bit of the Flash Gordon serials.  Those pre-date this book by about 15 years.  But the main character here, Biron Farrill, is an archetypical hero, maybe toned down a bit from the Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers models, with more political sense and skill taking the place of some, but not all, of the action hero stuff.That said, this first novel lacks anything like the brilliant idea of the Foundation’s Seldon Plan or “psychohistory” in general as a backbone.  This is all about rebellion against tyranny.  The ruling tyrants are even called “the Tyranni.”  Okay that’s a little too obvious, right?  That’s okay, this is from a different and unsubtle time for science fiction.The plot involves a possibly mythical “rebellion world” that is growing and waiting for the right time to launch an overthrow of the Tyranni.  Biron and others from colony worlds (the Earth is now a desolate wasteland after an atomic/nuclear holocaust), are searching for the rebellion world.There is tension within the would-be rebels and frictions between the Tyranni and their subjects.  At the center, unfortunately as a bit more of a prize and the object of a tug-of-war is the one female character, Artemisia.Artemisia is a princess, the daughter of the ruler of Rhodia, who is under the thumb of the Tyranni.  He has agreed to a marriage between Artemisia and a Tyranni official, a marriage of politics on one side and lust on the other.  You can figure that out.But (of course), Artemisia falls in love with Biron, a prince of sorts in his own right. His father is the recently murdered Rancher of Widemos, another of the subject worlds.  Widemos has not come to terms with its plight, and Biron carries that spirit into the fray.Artemisia’s character won’t make you happy if you are looking for a strong female lead.  Asimov isn’t known for that, after all.Biron is in love with her, and they have that kind of quarreling relationship that won’t admit it is love until the pressure pops.  But don’t get the idea that that feistiness on her part is Biron’s favorite thing about her.  He says, “The trouble was that no one had ever controlled her properly, that was all.”You’re going to have to look past that if you want to enjoy the book.  It’s of its time, which doesn’t make it okay, but you get that kind of thing when you reach back to the “golden age” of science fiction.I won’t say how it turns out.  There is a conclusion to this book and to the search for the “rebellion world,” although it’s also the setup for the rest of the series.Published in 1951, there is an innocent appeal to democracy and rebellion against tyranny that you may find either trite or refreshing (given what has become of democracy in the United States and elsewhere in recent years).  For my part, I found it refreshing, an appeal to what should be obvious democratic ideals and spirit.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Wow
  

*by R***T on Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2024*

It's hard to believe that it was written in 1949 or 1950,I could not put it down, I loved everything from the characters to the storyline, as soon as I'm done here I'm starting book 2

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